Tim Kelly v. Weston Wamp: How each mayor’s predictions in the NCAA tournaments stand heading into the Sweet 16

Only 16 teams remain in each of the men’s and women’s NCAA basketball tournament brackets, and one mayor’s predictions — in the men’s competition, at least — have proved to be much more accurate than the other’s.

Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp, after posting a 22-10 record in the first round, predicted 13 of the final 16 teams in the men’s bracket correctly.

As for the city’s head of government, Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly has just six of the final 16 remaining.

In the women’s bracket, Kelly’s predictions have fared better as 11 of the 16 remain for him in that tournament. That’s better than Wamp’s predictions for the women’s bracket as the county mayor did not send any picks for the women’s tournament to the Chattanooga Times Free Press.