I had already thrown in the towel on this year’s NCAA pool, when a coworker came around with the standings.  By some miracle, I’m in front by one point!  Here’s the kicker: the worst that I can do is finish second.  The second place guy and I are the only ones with any active teams.  I have Duke, and he has West Virginia.  So I might be a few hundred bucks richer when I wake up on Sunday.  I figure that I’m due: I haven’t won an NCAA pool in 15 years.  Even with all of my lousy picks, I’m in the money.  Coach K, don’t let me down.  GO BLUE DEVILS!

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Well, I picked 21 winners out of 32 in the 1st round of the NCAA Tournament.  The only losers that will cost me points in Round 2 are Georgetown and Temple, which were two big upsets.  I’ll have to check my standings when I get back to work on Monday.  My Final Four picks are all still alive, which being all Number Ones, they should be.

I’ll post my results for Round 2 on Tuesday.  Wish me luck!

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Yesterday, I revealed my second round winners in the NCAA Tournament.  Today, I’ll show you my Elite Eight picks.

Midwest

• Kansas
• Ohio State

West

• Syracuse
• Kansas State

East

• Kentucky
• West Virginia

South

• Duke
• Baylor

Who will make it to the Final Four?  I’ll give you my picks tomorrow.

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Yesterday, I revealed my picks for the first round of the NCAA Tournament.  Today, I’ll reveal my projected Second Round winners:

Midwest

• Kansas
• Maryland
• Georgetown
• Ohio State

I picked Maryland to beat Michigan State.  That could be trouble.

West

• Syracuse
• Butler
• Pittsburgh
• Kansas State

Butler over Vanderbilt.  Seems like a safe bet.

East

• Kentucky
• Temple
• New Mexico
• West Virginia

Temple vs. Wisconsin is almost a coin flip.

South

• Duke
• Texas A&M
• Baylor
• Villanova

I never win with Purdue, so this time I wised up and took A&M.  Don’t let me down, Aggies!

Tomorrow: My Elite Eight picks.

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It’s tournament time again, and I thought I’d share my projected first-round winners:

Midwest

• Kansas
• UNLV
• Michigan State
• Maryland
• Tennessee
• Georgetown
• Georgia Tech
• Ohio State

I picked Georgia Tech over Oklahoma State, otherwise it’s favorites all the way.

West

• Syracuse
• Florida State
• Butler
• Vanderbilt
• Minnesota
• Pittsburgh
• BYU
• Kansas State

Two underdogs here: Florida State and Minnesota.  One of my buddy’s has a son that goes to Florida State, so maybe that swayed me.

East

• Kentucky
• Texas
• Temple
• Wisconsin
• Marquette
• New Mexico
• Missouri
• West Virginia

The only underdog that I picked here was Missouri.

South

• Duke
• Louisville
• Texas A&M
• Purdue
• Notre Dame
• Baylor
• Richmond
• Villanova

Louisville over California is the only underdog pick.

You can check out all of my picks by clicking on the following Excel file: NCAA

Tomorrow: My 2nd round projected winners.  I’ll keep you posted on my progress.

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