Update through Friday early games: 1 point for first round wins, 2 points added each round.

Schleuse:

17 points
0 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

Greg:

17 points
0 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Moonbeam:

16 points
0 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee

Penguin:

16 points
2 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Stammer:

15 points
1 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

Rocky Raccoon:

15 points
2 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

John:

14 points
1 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

AJackson:

14 points
4 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

There goes my bracket.

Nice first round so far Scheluse. I hope you put some money on that bracket

After 1st round:

Schleuse:

25 points
2 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

Moonbeam:

25 points
2 Sweet Sixteen out
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee

Penguin:

24 points
3 Sweet Sixteen out
1 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Greg:

23 points
2 Sweet Sixteen out
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Rocky Raccoon:

22 points
3 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

John:

14 points
3 Sweet Sixteen out
1 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Stammer:

21 points
3 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

AJackson:

21 points
5 Sweet Sixteen out
0 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Oops I have 22 points. I don't get docked 8 points for being an idiot and picking UConn.

After tonights games (3/22)

Schleuse:

40 points
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

Moonbeam:

40 points
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee

Penguin:

39 points
1 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Stammer:

36 points
1 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

Rocky Raccoon:

34 points
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

John:

34 points
2 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Greg:

32 points
2 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

AJackson:

30 points
2 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

I think my bracket is pretty screwed. Don't know why I picked Wisconsin and West Virginia in my money bracket, but picked USC and Duke here. Hedging my bets I guess.

You're still on pace with the leaders.

The Tennessee/Butler game today will be verrrrry interesting for us...

Indeed, schleuse! I'm verrrry nervous about it!

Well, you have more riding on it than I do, Moonbeam, but if I'm reading this right, whichever of us wins that matchup will have the lead going into the Sweet 16 (although everybody is still definitely in contention).

I've been doing this on the other thread, but I'll go ahead and put it here today:

In the Tennessee/Butler game,
John, Moonbeam, AJackson, Greg and Stammer have Tennessee.
Penguin, Rocky and I have Butler.

Other than that game, there's not quite as much drama today. All eight of us picked Texas, Georgetown, Memphis, Louisville and UNC for the Sweet 16.

Unsurprisingly, none of us picked Villanova/Siena or WKU/San Diego. We can rest secure in the knowledge that all of us blew both of those contests. Enjoy.

(Villanova/Siena? What is this, an Italian tournament?)

For everybody who's bored silly by all this, don't worry--tomorrow we'll get back to all music, all the time (well, until Thursday).

Wheeeeeeeewww!

Congratulations, Moonbeam. Hell of a game.

Also, congratulations, Greg--great win for the Davidson Wildcats.

I leave you with this:

When some loud braggart tries to put me down
And says his school is great
I tell him right away
Now what's the matter, buddy
Ain't you heard of my school?
It's number one in the state

So be true to your school
Just like you would to your girl or guy
Be true to your school now
And let your colors fly
Be true to your school

Sweet 16 already?

Moonbeam:

55 points
2 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee

Schleuse:

52 points
1 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

Penguin:

51 points
2 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Stammer:

51 points
2 Elite Eight out
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

John:

49 points
3 Elite Eight out
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Greg:

47 points
3 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Rocky Raccoon:

46 points
2 Elite Eight out
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

AJackson:

45 points
3 Elite Eight out
2 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

While I may be leading at this point, Schleuse's prospects are much better than mine, with 7 of his Elite 8 still alive and all of his Final 4 teams still in the mix.

What a thrilling game between Xavier and West Virginia! It's hard not to like both teams, and I hope each can finally shake its unsung status.

I'm still going strong with my other bracket if Xavier can get to the final four. Crossing fingers because it's like a $1000 dollar payout for taking first $500 something for second and only one person above me has Xavier in the final four. I haven't figured out if anyone could still beat me though.

And there goes my bracket here up in flames. Fortunately, in my main bracket I only had Tennessee advancing to the Elite 8.

Sweet 16 first night update- AJackson finds his way out of the cellar! Unfortunately I claim the spot he abandons.

Penguin:

71 points
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Moonbeam:

70 points
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee (Eliminated)

Rocky Raccoon:

66 points
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Stammer:

66 points
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

Schleuse:

62 points
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

AJackson:

60 points
2 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Greg:

57 points
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

John:

54 points
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Don't call it a comeback! How much money did we all agree to?

Well with all my brackets completely in shambles I'm jumping on the Davidson bandwagon and rooting for them to win it all.

8 Left...

Penguin:

81 points
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Schleuse:

77 points
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: Texas

Rocky Raccoon:

76 points
0 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Stammer:

76 points
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: UCLA


Moonbeam:

75 points
3 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee (Eliminated)

AJackson:

70 points
2 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

John:

69 points
2 Final Four out
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Greg:

62 points
1 Final Four out
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

holy davidson! schleuse, is your wife as psyched as i am?

Yep. She's starting to check ticket brokers online for Final Four tix (since it'll only be 200 miles away).

Heh. Good luck with that.

Getting tickets, or beating the Jayhawks? (She's having so much fun that I don't want to dash her hopes, but, yeah, I don't think they have a prayer against KU.)

KU always seems to struggle against mid-majors. I think Davidson has a real shot against them. They are legit.

I was talking about getting tickets this late. Davidson could win.

What a lame final 4. I was really pulling for Davidson and they should have been able to get off a better shot than that!

Penguin:

98 points
0 Championship out
Champion: Memphis

Rocky Raccoon:

97 points
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Schleuse:

91 points
1 Championship out
Champion: Texas (Eliminated)

Stammer:

90 points
1 Championship out
Champion: UCLA

AJackson:

84 points
0 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Moonbeam:

82 points
1 Championship out
Champion: Tennessee (Eliminated)

John:

76 points
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

Greg:

76 points
1 Championship out
Champion: North Carolina

How many of you here are not American. What do you think of how this tournament is structured and do you like it. The two freshmen Derrick Rose and Kevin Love have made a big impact on their teams. This is one sporting event that does it right here in the states.

I was actually rooting for KU. I grew up in Lawrence, Kansas, so I had to.

And I'm still winning! Just need Memphis to win it all and I'm all set.

Wow Kansas is destroying UNC. Did not expect this at all.

Just like the tourney, there's only two left. Everybody has both their championship teams eliminated except Schleuse and Penguin. If Memphis wins, Penguin wins. If Kansas wins, Schleuse wins. Oh, the drama! I won't be rooting for Calipari.

1. Penguin: 107 points- Total possible:118
2. Schleuse: 100 points- Total possible: 111

All the rest are final tallies:

3. Rocky Racoon: 97
4. Stammer: 90
5. AJackson: 84
6. Moonbeam: 82
8. Greg and John: 76

Penguin, are you a Big Dipper fan?

Not that it makes any difference to me, but isn't Penguin the winner? How can Schleuse get more points if he picked Texas to win?

Oops, you're right. I looked at his bracket wrong and thought he had Kansas as the champ. Schleuse wins no matter if Memphis does or not. Congrats, Schleuse: You are our resident bracketologist.

And I up again. Congrats, Penguin! Sorry, it's been a long day.

I was gonna say--I tinkered with the numbers after last weekend and concluded there was no way I could win after Memphis blew out the Horns.

Congratulations, Penguin!

(Heh...Memphis blew out the Horns. Sorry; I'm easily amused this morning.)

Thanks guys. Since I have no more reason to root for Memphis, Kansas all the way in the Championship game!