Saturday results

Poolies, All right, things are really shaking out now. Nobody picked yesterday's Wichita State win, and only four of your geniuses (Rosalie, Dayle, Henry, Acy - i.e., the young and young at heart, I guess) picked Syracuse and their coach, Fishface Boeheim, to win. That means only 16 points total handed out yesterday, four each to the Nostradamus brigade.

Here are the standings after yesterday, Round 4, Day 1:

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Gang, Check out this inexplicable story: You may now feel free to root and bet against UCLA until the sun grows cold. Turncoats, indeed. C

CPD rises again, chasing Harry

All and sundry, Well, geez. I was all proud of myself for getting 3 of yesterday's 4 games right, then I see that our own Chris Dykes, our Oklahoman, ex-lavender rancher, knitting business tycoon, and so, so much more, got all 4 games right. 12 big points. (I just couldn't bring myself to root for or pick Duke. I just can't). Young Master Harry had another good day (after a rough Thursday) and is back atop the standings. The usual suspects following close behind. Round 4, today and tomorrow, is where we really start to see separation. The good pickers escape in their smug, superior peloton, while the also-rans (that's me, by the way) sink dejectedly into the middle and bottom of the pool, muttering about next year. Here's where we stand. Have a safe Round 4 out there, people. C ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Two Turncoats

Is there a way that both Arizona and Ohio State can lose this game? No love whatsoever for for coaches who leave XU high and dry.

La Salle? Are you serial?

Nope. Nobody picked them. Like, nobody. Madness, indeed.

Harry! Harry! Harry!

Friends, All hail young Harry Lewis, the only one of us to pick 15. FGCU to make it into the Sweet Sixteen. Congratulations, young man. You've made your mom and pop proud. Wow. C

Harvard, FCSU, How Does She Do It?

What's my secret, you ask?  Well, Chris had part of it right:  Messers Tanqueray, Citadelle, and yes, even Gordon, provided me with the inspiration to ignore shallow numbers and rankings and decide my teams based on their mascots, and when that failed, based on their team colors.  Thank you, Slate Online, for providing brackets set up for us visual learners.

I know I will still lose.

But you can imagine the sweet sweet sense of vindication that would pervade our half-Hoya household--IF I were a gloating person.

Oh dear.

after having picked Georgetown to go all the way...well, see you next year

What the FGCU?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_Gulf_Coast_University

Liz Rambeau, take another bow...

...as you were the only person in the pool to pick the La Salle win over Kansas State!!! What gives, LR?

Uh oh...

Harvard beat New Mexico???    What in the freakin' hell is that all about?  Can I have a do-over?
dejectedly,
SP

Advice...Pick Blue

http://chuckiemag.wordpress.com/2013/03/18/ncaa-tournament-2013-bracket-tips/

2013

And the madness...begins