Rich,
I knew someone a few years ago who went 16 for 16 on the first day.Never been that lucky-I actually felt pretty good about going 10 for 16 today!

I actually got 12 right and feel like I should've done better. Puts me in a tie for 8th here and in a tie for 28th in the pool of 168 (where only one person finished with 8 picks -- all the other 167 got at least 9 right and the leader got 15/16). In another pool I'm in, I am in 31st out of 162 entries (where, again, only one entry picked 8 right with all the rest doing better).

ESPN reports 317 perfect brackets out of the 5.9 million entered. That number will dwindle today.

The President's Barack-et went 14-2.

I lost Louisville (but I only had them winning one more game). My wife picked Morehead St. (she knows nothing about college hoops and will probably beat me -- last year we actually both cashed in a large pool we joined). I just checked -- she only got 11, but she didn't lose a Sweet 16 team.

9:30 games killed me. 1-3 and lost 2 Sweet 16 teams. :o

Hey, Tony - I noticed someone put in a number of entries under your name. The reason I figured you didn't do it was I noticed one of them had...(wait for it)...DUKE listed as National Champion! :eek:

And, if you really did put in a number of brackets, what about "The Sheet of Integrity"? I could jump up 5 or 6 spots if I didn't have all those extra entries to deal with... :D

I was cruising till the late games. Mizzou cooled off and Michigan St never heated up. St John's never showed up. And my upset pick of Utah State didn't pan out, either.

You must not have watched the end. Mich St was down 24 in the second half, then finally started getting hot by hitting 3's while UCLA was missing FT's. With one more defensive stop, they had a shot to tie or win at the very end.

That's why I lose sleep this time of year - not because I worry about my picks, but I'm forced to stay up and watch these close ones.

Forced, I tell 'ya.

Just for kicks, I set up a bracket with no upsets and went 13-3 yesterday; only lost 1 SS team (Vandy). This'll be interesting.

St. Johns killed me here, though. I had them beating Michigan State. :(

Hahaha. Jokes. I get jokes! (Homer Simpson)

Damn, I was in 5th place before the last set of games last night and now I'm 57th. But I'm still in the group with 2nd best PPR so there is hope.

That's almost as many entries as you have! I thought the idea was to get the most right on a single sheet, not to have the most sheets. :D

Roger

Dang, I had Pitt losing in the championship game. :(

I'm happy with where I am at. 30 points out of first, but with the most PPR of those above or near me. All of my E8 are alive and I got 6 of 8 yesterday, including Butler over Pitt. Excited for the rest of this tourney. Been some very exciting games.

I think a chimpanzee with a big bracket and a bunch of darts would do better with his picks than I have.

My wife, who knows about as much about NCAA Basketball as said chimpanzee, is winning our home brackets.....and has OSU to go all the way.

Next year, I may have her make my online picks for me. :o

I hope a double digit seed comes out of the Kansas region. Of course, I have Kansas getting to the Final 4. But, when your bracket stinks, it really is not a matter of degrees.