Surely not to live in pain and fear
The Huskies will face the Aztecs tonight. An updated Logo and Mascot bracket are provided below. Of the 6 groups of mascots, we have representatives from the two most popular groups at the beginning of the tourney: Land Animals (32) and People (23). And we can throw in sub-groups as well: 7 teams were named after canines (e.g., Bulldogs, Wolfpacks, Huskies) and 11 teams were named after specific human populations (e.g., Spartans, Cajuns, Aztecs).
The Final Four is set in Houston – Each team from a different loose category of mascots: Huskies for the land animal group, Aztecs for the Humans, Owls for the birds, and Hurricanes for the natural phenomenons. No devils or Crimson Tides, being the other rough categories at the onset. As for seeds, the Huskies are the highest seed remaining at 4, with the Aztecs and Hurricanes as 5 seeds, and then a 9 seed Owls team surprising everyone except the Conference USA fans.
For the common mascot names, the 32 teams had three Tigers, three Wildcats, and only one Bulldog, Gael, Golden Eagle, and Owl. The sweet Sixteen has sorted this out with no duplicates this year. Here are the current Mascot and logo brackets going into the regional starting March 22.
Mascot Bracket and Logo Brackets are provided below. Original Format from https://plexkits.com/march-madness-bracket/.
Grouping of Gaels, Bulldogs in the West Region. The East Region has a pair of Golden Eagles and the expected Wildcat representation (not to mention the Tigers, Bobcats and Catamounts). A pair of Bulldogs in the Midwest and the presence of a Cyclone and Hurricane. The South Region can muster a pair of Tigers and then a 1st round (sorry, 2nd round…) pairing of Cavaliers vs Paladins. Pick based on which mascot will win in a back alley brawl, or a logo design beatdown in art class. Have fun with your brackets.
Glad to see a good game. Largest comeback in a championship game. Chance to tie at the end.
So this is the last animated bracket for this tournament.
The final game between the Tarheels and Jayhawks is tonight. I’ll just put this here for those who would like to see how they got there…
Down to the last four. Of all of the Wildcats and other felines that started, the one out of the Big East is left. Hope for a few more good games. Duke vs North Carolina will be the third this season with each team holding a win. Kansas and Villanova will try to live up to the pedigrees of teams of yore, a 1 seed vs a 2 – only time will tell.
A quick mascot bracket for anyone interested. High seeds are confusing the whole show with too many Wildcats. And more Raiders than normal in this years selection. Without further discussion…
And for those more visually inclined, here are the logos for the schools: (updated as the tournament goes). Sweet 16 is now set:
Having to travel this year and last year unable to complete the mascot bracket, I will direct you to another source for 2019’s mascot picks. The image below comes from Ben Fox and Herosports.com via an MSN story.
So enjoy the tournament and root for the underdogs (or Wolf Pack, or Bulldogs), Billikens or Anteaters. Here is a link to a larger bracket.
And for those that are graphical in nature, here is the University logos to help you along the way. 
And a pdf file for your use here: Logo Bracket 2017
A Mascot Bracket has been posted here.
Happy Brackets…
ChaSch 
