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I'm in, and have Oregon winning it all.

I'm such a freaking homer.

As of this moment, I have Florida beating Ohio St in the final...

Speaking of the bracket, am I the only one who is disappointed the Committee didn't have a sense of humor and pit #10 Texas Tech vs #7 Indiana?

Good point, actually.

As it stands, I have Tech beating BC and then going down to G Town. I'd probably have them beating Indiana if they played them in round 1.

Yeah, they really missed a great opportunity there. It wouldn't have been a sense of humor, it would have been a huge money maker. How could Kelvin Sanctions beat Knight on a neutral court without the possibility of cheating?

In as Rimjob Rambo..

Got G'Town over Wisconsin in the final. Go Hoyas!

Got the Terps losing to Ohio St.

Final Four: Texas, Wisconsin, Memphis and Kansas.

Championship: Texas over Wisconsin, 72-59.

Long Beach State is the Cinderella (though they only make it to the Sweet Sixteen).

I'm in

Nevada is going to go far

Damn I tried to squeeze in to your group on time but the deadline hit as I was filling out my bracket. Oh well, I'll just have to win the other ones Im in

With the first group of games done, here is the leaderboard:

1 NismoX's Red Raiders ( gjburkett) 6 6 of 63 80th 379431 ▲287082
1 mobycat ( mobycat100) 6 6 of 63 80th 379431 ▲287082
1 XMountaineer ( alpine857) 6 6 of 63 80th 379431 ▲287082
1 Rimjob Rambo ( tatsuo_2k) 6 6 of 63 80th 379431 ▼379430

5 shap tastic ( onfoursforu) 5 5 of 63 46th 1058913 ▼392400
5 mineralblue * ( lbthai76) 5 5 of 63 46th 1058913 ▼392400
5 lilaggie02 ( lilaggie02) 5 5 of 63 46th 1058913 ▼392400
5 2Xplore ( tpennerty) 5 5 of 63 46th 1058913 ▼392400

9 Tall Firs Redux ( pnwbeers) 4 4 of 63 20th 1580341 ▼31412

10 So money ( gsutton18) 2 2 of 63 8th 1831980 ▼283051

It's still early, but a leader pack has set the bar... will the rest of the pool recover? Will the leaders fall? Stay tuned!

Well it's official - I suck.

This happens all the time. I usually do good with the first batch of games, sometimes the whole first day and then have a meltdown on the second day.

Doing pretty good so far.. Un fortunately, Oral Roberts couldn't edge out Wazzou St. (that's what I get for listening to Vitale), and damn GW was nowhere in the building against Vanderbilt.

Oh well, still tied for first! Let the games continue!

Fashionable pre-tourney pick, but I didn't buy it for a second.

I bought the fashionable ODU over Butler instead.

Frickin' Duke.

I'm the same as Nismo... do well the first round, then suck.

But my final four is still there, thankfully.

Day 1 in the books and here are the current standings:

1 mineralblue * ( lbthai76) 13 13 of 63 86th 275942 ▲411852
1 NismoX's Red Raiders ( gjburkett) 13 13 of 63 86th 275942 ▼73718
3 Tall Firs Redux ( pnwbeers) 12 12 of 63 64th 700944 ▼13150
3 mobycat ( mobycat100) 12 12 of 63 64th 700944 ▼13150
3 shap tastic ( onfoursforu) 12 12 of 63 64th 700944 ▼13150
6 XMountaineer ( alpine857) 11 11 of 63 41st 1174729 ▼486935
6 Rimjob Rambo ( tatsuo_2k) 11 11 of 63 41st 1174729 ▲61602
8 lilaggie02 ( lilaggie02) 9 9 of 63 12th 1736222 ▼499891
8 2Xplore ( tpennerty) 9 9 of 63 12th 1736222 ▼499891
10 So money ( gsutton18) 2 2 of 63 7th 1846484 ▼3136

Well, Nismo's in first after day 3, but daddy's hanging tough in 2nd.

Who the hell is So Money? Christ, if you're going to play, at least finish the damn thing!

Lol, I hate seeing my 1/4 filled out bracket being judged with the rest of yours! It was going to be "so money" I still cant believe yahoo cut me off.

In my ESPN (actually completed bracket)I am 259059 out of several million and winning amongst friends. Not too shabby.

Current standings after the first weekend of games:

1 NismoX's Red Raiders ( gjburkett) 47 35 of 48 79th 408821 ▲21243
2 Tall Firs Redux ( pnwbeers) 45 34 of 48 64th 712485 ▲41756
3 Rimjob Rambo ( tatsuo_2k) 43 34 of 48 47th 1040036 ▲55370
3 XMountaineer ( alpine857) 43 33 of 48 47th 1040036 ▼285795
5 mineralblue * ( lbthai76) 41 32 of 48 33rd 1324446 ▲56661
6 shap tastic ( onfoursforu) 39 31 of 48 23rd 1532670 ▲46910
7 mobycat ( mobycat100) 36 28 of 48 14th 1703405 ▲28322
7 2Xplore ( tpennerty) 36 27 of 48 14th 1703405 ▼57473
9 lilaggie02 ( lilaggie02) 35 27 of 48 12th 1734882 ▼39237
10 So money ( gsutton18) 7 6 of 48 7th 1847857 ▼72

As much as I'd like to be happy about me leading after the first two rounds, I realize that it's pointless considering I loss one of the teams I had in the Championship game. Then again, it's good to see pnwbeers (who's in second) picked with his heart.

How am I still leading when I lost one of the teams in the Championship game last week?

'cause those are only "potential" points you've lost.

Come the final four, you'll get no more points, where others will have the ability to get more.

I'm so out of the running it's not even funny. Both my championship game teams are gone.

Well, I have UNC winning the whole thing and they are still in it.

Ha! Me too! (in my other bracket.)

I didn't do as well in the 1st and second rounds, but I have 7 of 8 in the elite 8. (office pool)