2020 FIW Tournament: First Round Results (Notre Dame’s Greatest Game ’86-Now)

The biggest upset of the first round was found in the Basilica Region.  The region also saw six higher seeds move on and two lower seeds pull upsets, even if one of them was an 8/9 game. 

And like that the first round of our inaugural tournament on Fighting Irish Wire is a wrap.  Some upsets were had while blowouts were also seen a-plenty.  We’ll get you the results in just a second but first an apology from yours truly.

If you participated in first-round voting then first, thank you.  We’re trying to have some fun here and change up the pace in the events of the world.  After posting I realized those who voted couldn’t immediately see results.  However, it was too late to change since things went live.  As a result I’ll be switching the voting to our Twitter account for the second round through the championship game.  I’m sorry for the mistake and your refund check is in the mail for the pain I’ve caused.

So now – about those first-round results – we’ll give them to you by region.  First up is the Basilica Region: