Let the Madness Continue...

The quest for perfection began again when the Gallagher Lab participated in the annual NCAA March Madness tournament, and for the 3rd time, we had mixed results. Since last year, we’ve added new lab members, switched up strategies, and added a second chance by filling out brackets for both the men’s and the women’s tournament. Strategies employed this year included: which university or college has the most chemistry faculty that we knew, picking all of the upsets, distance to the nearest Buc-ee’s, alphabetical order, and ~vibes~. See below how each lab member faired in both of the brackets! Of course, we handed out certificates for the winners (Pedro - women’s and Elyssia - men’s), but we also didn’t want the losers to feel left out (Brett - women’s and Michael - men’s).

Women’s Bracket Results

  1. Pedro - 1420

  2. Leilani - 1170

  3. Holly - 1100

  4. Lyssa - 1080

  5. Monir - 970

  6. Maddie - 930

  7. Stewart - 700

  8. Michael - 470

  9. Lindsay - 400

  10. Elyssia - 370

  11. Rabin - 350

  12. Alexes - 260

  13. Brett - 150

L to R: Elyssia Gallagher, Michael Cordes, Pedro Huergo Curiel, Brett Rudolph

Men’s Bracket Results

  1. Elyssia - 930

  2. Lyssa - 920

  3. Stewart - 810

  4. Maddie - 750

  5. Holly - 700

  6. Alexes - 660

  7. Monir - 650

  8. Leilani and Pedro - 610

  9. Rabin - 480

  10. Brett - 410

  11. Lindsay - 390

  12. Anika - 340

  13. Michael - 80

Lyssa Garber