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In preparation for the rigorous gauntlets that are NCAA Tournament bracket pools, college basketball fans nationwide have been partaking in The Jerome. For the unfamiliar, The Jerome is a simple game: pick the conference tournament winners, win points. Easy enough.
Through the first week of tournaments, the leader in the clubhouse has 33 points and predicted five tournaments correctly. Here’s how some of our staff stacks up:
Kyle Cajero - 21 points
Austin Brown - 20 points
Russell Steinberg - 18 points
Cam Newton - 15 points
Mitchell Northam - 14 points
Chris Schutte - 14 points
JP Proulx - 6 points
See, we’re not any better at this than you are. Keep that in mind when you ask us for bracket advice this time next week.
Nonetheless, the tournaments for week one will be finishing up in the next few days while the week two tournaments get started. Hopefully we do better in week two. Here are our picks.
Staff Picks
| Conference | Chris Schutte | Kyle Cajero | Russ Steinberg | Austin Brown | Cam Newton | JP Proulx | Mitchell Northam | Ellie Lieberman |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conference | Chris Schutte | Kyle Cajero | Russ Steinberg | Austin Brown | Cam Newton | JP Proulx | Mitchell Northam | Ellie Lieberman |
| Big Sky | Idaho | Montana | Montana | Montana | Montana | Montana | Montana | Montana |
| Sun Belt | Georgia State | Louisiana | UT Arlington | UT Arlington | Louisiana | Louisiaia | Georgia State | Louisiana |
| Conference USA | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee | Western Kentucky | Middle Tennessee | Middle Tennessee | Old Dominion | Middle Tennessee |
| PAC 12 | Arizona | Arizona | Arizona | Arizona | UCLA | Arizona | Arizona State | UCLA |
| Big 12 | Texas Tech | Texas Tech | Kansas | West Virginia | West Virginia | Kansas | West Virginia | West Virginia |
| Mountain West | San Diego State | Nevada | Nevada | Nevada | Nevada | Nevada | UNLV | Nevada |
| MAC | Ball State | Toledo | Buffalo | Buffalo | Buffalo | Buffalo | Eastern Michigan | Buffalo |
| MEAC | Savannah State | Savannah State | Hampton | Hampton | North Carolina A&T | Hampton | Bethune-Cookman | Hampton |
| Big East | Villanova | Villanova | Villanova | Villanova | Villanova | Xavier | Xavier | Xavier |
| WAC | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State | New Mexico State |
| Big West | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara | UC Santa Barbara | UC Irvine | UC Davis | UC Davis | UC Santa Barbara | UC Davis |
| Atlantic 10 | Rhode Island | Rhode Island | Davidson | Rhode Island | Davidson | Rhode Island | St. Bonaventure | Rhode Island |
| ACC | North Carolina | North Carolina | Duke | North Carolina | Duke | Virginia | North Carolina | Duke |
| SEC | Kentucky | Kentucky | Kentucky | Florida | Florida | Auburn | Alabama | Florida |
| Southland | Stephen F. Austin | Southeastern Lousiana | Nicholls State | Southeastern Louisiana | Stephen F. Austin | Southeastern Louisiana | Lamar | Stephen F. Austin |
| SWAC | Texas Southern | Arkansas Pine-Bluff | Texas Southern | Texas Southern | Texas Southern | Arkansas Pine-Bluff | Texas Southern | Texas Southern |
| AAC | Houston | Wichita State | Cincinnati | Cincinnati | Wichita State | Cincinnati | Wichita State | Wichita State |
| Ivy | Penn | Penn | Penn | Harvard | Penn | Harvard | Penn | Yale |