March Madness -- White House-style

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 32 Richard Nixon vs. No. 33 James A. Garfield -- Garfield
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes v. No. 41 James Buchanan -- Hays
No. 25 George H.W. Bush v. No. 40 Franklin Pierce -- Bush

MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover v. No. 36 Millard Fillmore -- Hoover
No. 28 Gerald Ford v. No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant -- Ford

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge v. No. 34 Zachary Taylor -- Coolidge
No. 23 Martin Van Buren v. No. 42 Warren Harding -- Van Buren
No. 26 Chester Arthur v. No. 39 Andrew Johnson -- Arthur

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 30 Benjamin Harrison v. No. 35 John Tyler -- Tyler
No. 27 Jimmy Carter v. No. 38 William Henry Harrison -- Carter

 

The WSJ is on crack.

 

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 32 Richard Nixon vs. No. 33 James A. Garfield
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes v. No. 41 James Buchanan
No. 25 George H.W. Bush v. No. 40 Franklin Pierce


MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover v. No. 36 Millard Fillmore
No. 28 Gerald Ford v. No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge v. No. 34 Zachary Taylor
No. 23 Martin Van Buren v. No. 42 Warren Harding
No. 26 Chester Arthur v. No. 39 Andrew Johnson

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 30 Benjamin Harrison v. No. 35 John Tyler
No. 27 Jimmy Carter v. No. 38 William Henry Harrison

 

Damn, the East region is stacked.

And it looks like Jefferson and Washington have pretty easy roads to the final four.

 

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 32 Richard Nixon vs. No. 33 James A. Garfield
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes v. No. 41 James Buchanan
No. 25 George H.W. Bush v. No. 40 Franklin Pierce

MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover v. No. 36 Millard Fillmore
No. 28 Gerald Ford v. No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant ... I'll give Grant a win in the Generals March Madness Pool

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge v. No. 34 Zachary Taylor
No. 23 Martin Van Buren v. No. 42 Warren Harding
No. 26 Chester Arthur v. No. 39 Andrew Johnson ... the South will rise again

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 30 Benjamin Harrison v. No. 35 John Tyler ... We're related. He gets my vote.
No. 27 Jimmy Carter v. No. 38 William Henry Harrison

 

Oh no doubt, the liberal media is spending untold preview hours on Kennedy/Clinton. Meanwhile, first-round Neilsens show that CBS needs to sell the package.

 

East final:
Lincoln vs. Ike.
Midwest:
Jackson vs. Teddy Rose.

South region
Reagan vs. Roosevelt (the selection committee's huge fuckup....three of the best five ever are in this region)

West
Wilson vs. Washington.

Final four: Lincoln, Teddy Rose, Reagan and Washington

Championship: Lincoln vs. Reagan.

Winner: Reagan.

 

GO MARTIN VAN BUREN!!

 

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 32 Richard Nixon vs. No. 33 James A. Garfield -- Just because I had the chance to hear Lawrence Eagleburger speak last week, and he was all wound up in Watergate and the MENU bombings.
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes v. No. 41 James Buchanan
No. 25 George H.W. Bush v. No. 40 Franklin Pierce

MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover v. No. 36 Millard Fillmore
No. 28 Gerald Ford v. No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant -- I'm from the South. Grant ain't gettin' my vote, damnit.

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge v. No. 34 Zachary Taylor
No. 23 Martin Van Buren v. No. 42 Warren Harding
No. 26 Chester Arthur v. No. 39 Andrew Johnson

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 30 Benjamin Harrison v. No. 35 John Tyler
No. 27 Jimmy Carter v. No. 38 William Henry Harrison -- We play for peanuts.

 

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 33 James A. Garfield
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes
No. 25 George H.W. Bush

MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover
No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge
No. 23 Martin Van Buren
No. 39 Andrew Johnson

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 35 John Tyler
No. 27 Jimmy Carter

 

Al Gore is now on ESPN with Joe Lunardi and Jay Bilas telling the nation why the committee screwed him over. Samuel Tilden is on next.

And GWB at No. 22? That's batshit insane.

 

Why not?

EAST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 32 Richard Nixon vs. No. 33 James A. Garfield -- Gotta give Tricky Dick one, for Futurama.
No. 24 Rutherford B. Hayes v. No. 41 James Buchanan
No. 25 George H.W. Bush v. No. 40 Franklin Pierce

MIDWEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 29 Herbert Hoover v. No. 36 Millard Fillmore
No. 28 Gerald Ford v. No. 37 Ulysses S. Grant

SOUTH REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 31 Calvin Coolidge v. No. 34 Zachary Taylor
No. 23 Martin Van Buren v. No. 42 Warren Harding
No. 26 Chester Arthur v. No. 39 Andrew Johnson

WEST REGIONAL
Play-in games
No. 30 Benjamin Harrison v. No. 35 John Tyler
No. 27 Jimmy Carter v. No. 38 William Henry Harrison