<p>Bump for any last minute stragglers – make those last couple of agonizing decisions and jump in</p>
<p>well, can we enter Obama since he has released his picks?</p>
<p>OK I’m in…hope I do better than last year. </p>
<p>We have some good spirit in my office, led by some partisan alums: Mich State (me), UConn (my assistant), and Illinois (a coworker). I am rooting for our hometown Siena Saints to get through the first round, but even if they do I don’t think they have a chance at taking down Louisville…</p>
<p>Here’s my picks</p>
<p>ELITE EIGHT
WAKE V KANSAS
UCONN V MARQUETTE
PITT V DUKE
NC V OK</p>
<p>FINAL FOUR
KANSAS V UCONN
DUKE V UNC</p>
<p>CHAMPIONSHIP
KS V UNC…KS 85-81</p>
<p>How did I miss this thread?!?! I just got my picks in, right under the wire. I gave virtually no thought to them. Oh well. I usually dodn’t win even if I give a LOT of thought to them.</p>
<p>Thanks for setting this up, ldeorchi. My other two pools, which I’ve been playing for years, crapped out on me. I guess it’s a sign of the economy. :(</p>
<p>Oh, and want to add my bracket name refers to me, not y’all. :)</p>
<p>Thanks for setting this up, Iderochi! I have to warn you all that I always win our 4-person family pool. Of course, D picks by colors, mascot and weather, H picks his alma mater to win it all regardless of their season, and S can’t resist a wacky Cinderella pick, so I’m not exactly Nostradamus!</p>
<p>Here are mine
elite 8:
Louisville v Kansas
Purdue v Memphis
Pitt v Duke
North Carolina v Oklahoma</p>
<p>Final four
kansas v memphis
Duke v UNC</p>
<p>final
UNC vs Kansas</p>
<p>Winner
UNC 61-58</p>
<p>:) I really meant to use the on-line system…</p>
<p>I am in - here are my picks (no laughing ;)):</p>
<p>ELITE EIGHT:
Wake vs WVa
UConn vs Memphis
Pitt vs Duke
UNC vs Clemson</p>
<p>FINAL FOUR:
Wake vs UConn
Pitt vs UNC</p>
<p>Final
UNC vs UConn 72-68</p>
<p>Midwest this will be interesting you and I have the same 2, but I have KS over UNC…the irony is I assume you are from the Mid-west (KS region) and I just moved from NC, but we both picked the opposites to win.</p>
<p>For some reason, it’s telling me I’m not a member of the group anymore. Does anyone see me on there?</p>
<p>Is Memphis seriously about to lose to a 15 seed? And so much for my prediction that Texas A&M wouldn’t beat anyone.</p>
<p>I went against A&M, too. I saw them against UT earlier this season, and they didn’t look great. OF course, I knew nothing about BYU.</p>
<p>A&M doesn’t advance further, though. (my humble opinion). Memphis came back strong, but I bet people who actually could watch the game instead of sneaking peaks at their iphone during a conference call were having a heart attack.</p>
<p>Luckily . . . because Memphis is the only one I’ve called correctly so far.</p>
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MOWC, I went with your prescience and am now in last place in my other Yahoo pool (for $$$). Luckily their next match is UConn…and you’re right, they shouldn’t advance further.</p>
<p>Youdon’tsay-I still see you in it.</p>
<p>Anyone see the announcement that Coach Calhoun will not coach UConn in today’s game? Hopefully it won’t make a difference to my alma mater. Apparently C has not been feeling well.</p>
<p>Oh NO! Coach Calhoun is hospitalized. I feel so sorry for him and the team but I also picked UConn for the final game. </p>
<p>Memphis pulled out a win as did LSU.</p>
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<p>It happens ;)</p>
<p>They live another day and will likely be done after round 2. It’s just one of those games where it’s a toss up and can be a tie-breaker kind of thing…</p>