Elite Eight Recap & FBC Final Eight + In the Money Club

My sincere apologies to the FBC-blogheads. It has been one of those weeks. But fear not, Friday is here and we are just one sleep away from the Final Four. Let's take a look back at the regional finals and look at the Final Eight bracketers in contention along with those who still have a shot at the podium.

Saturday saw both 1 seeds advance as Florida pulled off an incredible comeback led by Walter Clayton Jr to make their first Final Four since 2014, while Cooper Flagg and the Duke Blue Devils defense shined shutting down the Alabama high octane scorers with a blowout win against the Tide!

Sunday saw Houston and Auburn cruise to big victories marking the first time since 2008, that every 1 seed has advanced to the Final Four as

More importantly for the first time in FBC history a perfect Final Four has been picked, and it’s not just one. Zach Friesen, Joey Makar , Michael_Maciejewski , Zach Yuzdepski and Seamus MacLennan ride the chalk going 4/4 in the Elite Eight to make history.

FBC FINAL 8

The 2025 Final Four is sure to be electric with 4 of the most the dominant teams College Hoops as seen! With these teams dominating, it has resulted in the most competitive Fader Bracket Challenge to date!

For the first time in FBC history, 8 bracketers have a shot at bracket glory taking home $1630 and the 2025 Fader Bracket Challenge championship!

IN THE MONEY CLUB

These bracketers might have fell short of the top prize however with the 2025 FBC being the largest prize pool yet, there is still a lot on the line for those in the Money Club! The 2025 FBC runner up claims $700 while 3rd place takes home $400. Best of luck to these ten bracketers on their pursuit of hitting the FBC podium!

Best of luck to our Final 8! The action returns Saturday as Auburn takes on Florida, and Duke squares off against Houston! See you Saturday!

FADERs THOUGHTS

• Even though it was four 1 seeds, kudos to the five that nailed the Final Four, I usually make fun of people that go all chalk, but with these dominant teams, this was the year to do it.

• While I've been disappointed at the lack of upsets this Final Four has the chance to be lengendary. Broome vs Clayton will be electric, and can Houston stop Duke with their defense?

• I think Duke will win the title hands down, games might be close but I do think they are by far the favourite

• A year of record breaking at the 2025 FBC, from Jake's perfect first day, to perfect Final Four and Elite Eights we also have a record breaking 8 bracketers still in contention. Alexa Lawlor's record score of 145 is almost certainly going to be broken by quite some margin

• Lots of storylines in our Final 8, we will find out more about them tomorrow

• I have a Roku TV and it has live TV channels that exclusively play one show with limited commercial breaks. There is one for Hardcore Pawn (A knockoff of Pawn Stars set in Detroit, and arguably the trashiest television show ever made) but also one for Bar Rescue which has been an unreal find. Jon Taffer is the man and the show is absolutely hilarious at times. If you have a Roku, check it out