Roving Reporter: March Madness
Grace Ammon, Alice Galvao, Sarah Coldwell, Jason Wong, Owen Cacciatore, Jack Stiles, Ava Wilde, Aiden Johnson, Maria Paradise, Zara Shaikh, CJ Bourbeau, Katie Jennings, Madeline Peoples, Altea Mehillaj, Mia Nicosia, Sania Hasan, Arnav Thube, Katie Cullen, Yusuf Ali, Ayan Niyogi, and Calla Torres
Sophomore Amer Khan
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “I have Duke winning the championship because I think they’re the best team.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “Texas A&M CC [Texas A&M-Corpus Christi] because I think they’re gonna beat Bama.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I’ve done some research on the players and the teams, and ...
Health/Fitness Teacher Melissa Fustino
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “UConn baby! I went to UCONN and they’re actually really good this year.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “For my big, big upset, I would probably say Penn State, the 10 seed. I thought Penn State was a good team and they've been playing very well.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I follow col...
Math Teacher Karla Reynolds
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Its Kansas, I have Kansas. I am a teacher of the AP Statistics class and we did it based on all the other times, say a 1 seed played a 16 seed, we used the probability the 1 seed wins based on previous tournaments, and made a simulation.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? (biggest upset) “It was just probability and so the one that goes the fu...
Senior Thomas Zelnick
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Kansas. They have a lot of depth and I think overall they are the best team in the tournament, and they won it last year.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? (biggest upset) “Oral Roberts. They have a transfer from Arkansas and when they made their Cinderella run in 2021 they had a few of those same returning guys.” What’s y...
Sophomore Rushil Singh
Who do you have winning the championship and why ? “I have Miami beating Bama in the championship because they've been playing well recently and I think they have a great chance to win” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? "I have Creighton as my Cinderella team, because they are an underrated team who I think can take it far. Also, Trey Alexander is one of my favorite players in th...
Junior Andrew Eiben
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Penn State because they’re the best offensive team.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “Drake because they’re a good team.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “Pick Cinderella [teams].”...
Sophomore Liam Dunn
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “I have Davidson winning the championship because Stephen Curry played there in 2010.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “My Cinderella team is also Davidson because Stephen Curry played there in 2010.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? "My approach is to go in on the 2010 stand.”...
Senior Joseph Folsom
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “I have KU [Kansas University] winning because I’m pretty sure they won last year, they are really good and also my dad went there.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “Providence. I want them to win because one of my friends is going to go there next year.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “Just g...
History teacher Justin Mckay
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “I have Duke winning the championship, for no particular reason but after their performance in the ACC (Atlantic Coast Conference) I have a good feeling.” Who is your Cinderella team and Why? “I don’t really have any upsets so far….I am still finalizing my bracket so nothing so far.” What's your approach to picking your bracket tea...
Health/Fitness Teacher Andrew Kinney
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Well I’m torn right now, I think I'm gonna have UConn winning. UConn or Houston. Houston’s the best team if they’re fully healthy, but I want UConn to win because they have a kid from Southborough on the team, and he went to Algonquin.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “I think I picked Texas A&M, because I don’t think...
English teacher John Frederick
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Arizona. They’re really good. To win a pool, you got to pick under the radar.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “College of Charleston. They have a very record of 31-3,” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I pick based on what I know and see, but it can be very hard to predict.”...
Junior Srikar Tallabatulla
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Alabama. They are the best team right now.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “Duke. They are not as good as they were before.” What is your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I think it depends on how well the players are doing. Whether it’s good or bad.” ...
Sophmore Emmy Beauchesne
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Arizona, because I like the team and they have higher stats.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “I have Virginia going pretty far against other teams that should be able to beat them.” What's your approach to picking your bracket teams? “Their rankings, their seeds and what I know about the schools and if I want to go the...
Senior Sean Desmond
Who do you have winning the championship and why? "I think Tennessee will win the championship because I think they have a good defense and they have had great success over other good teams this year. " Who is your Cinderella team and why? "I have TCU [Texas Christian University] going pretty far because my add went to college there. " What's your approach to picking your bracket teams...
Freshman Andrew Zeiger
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Texas. They are an older team so they have had a lot of experience and have faced through adversity so I feel like they could beat who ever comes their way.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “Furman. They've got some older guards, and they face Virginia who doesn't score a lot so I feel like they can beat Virginia and I feel like the...
Senior Max Miller
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “I have the 2-seed Texas winning because they have beaten good teams like Alabama, and Kansas twice. They are also playing their best basketball right now.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “I only have one big upset, Charleston beating San Diego State, and then beating Virginia. Their run will end thereafter by losing to Alabama...
Freshman Parker Redfern
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Alabama…because they are the overall one seed and they are having a really good season. They look very promising.” Who is your Cinderella team, and why?(biggest upset)? “Thirteen seed Furman; I like lots of upsets.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “Just pick the best team and throw upsets in there.”...
Senior Adrien Moulin
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Kansas. They won the probability thing [test].” Who is your Cinderella team, and why? “Oral Roberts. The probability test says they will get far.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I did a probability test to see who will get the farthest.”...
Senior Lukas Singh
Who do you have winning the championship? Why? “Texas. I looked at a bunch of brackets of statistics. I looked at the teams that won in previous years and what statistics they had.” Who is your Cinderella team? Why? “Providence. I just think that they’ve got it in them.” What is your approach to picking your bracket? “I mainly go off of statistics and then just my gut feeling.”...
Freshman Eyal Shemar
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Tennessee because I like their football team and they make good food.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “Texas A&M. People forget their basketball team because their football team is so much better.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? “I either choose a team with the better logo or better name.” ...
Senior Marin Trendel
Who do you have winning the championship and why? “Houston. I think they’re a great team and have a great record.” Who is your Cinderella team and why? “UCLA (University of California Los Angeles). It’s my gut instinct that they will beat Kansas. I see UCLA making it into the Elite 8 because they stand out to me.” What’s your approach to picking your bracket teams? �...
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