The Glade 4.0

I had UCLA, Gonzaga and Pitt as 2nd round winners. All losers. My only hope for any more points in the SE is Wisconsin, and they're down by 4.

At least my East bracket is still pristine, until tomorrow at least.

I have Duke coming out of the West, and so far that bracket is all green for me.

I'm in pretty good shape in the East and Southwest too, but Butler totally screwed me over in the Southwest. My only hope for any more points in that region is if BYU (3) beats Florida (2), which is probably coin toss, depending on how well Jimmer is shooting.

x1000

7 seconds left, down by 1 with possession. Let's do it Dawgs!!!

****!!!

Yea, that sucked. =(

My bracket, it weeps...

Well, my bracket is officially dead....

I think next year, I'm going to go with the method Henry Hasselbeck (Matt's 5 year old son) used. He picked based on the which mascot he liked. Prior to tonights games, he was ranked 103rd out of nearly 6 million entries in the ESPN bracket league.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/s ... awk24.html

Sheesh...who'd a thunk UofA would beat Duke?

My bracket is dead as well.

Had Duke & BYU in the finals.

That's OK, how 'bout that Butler? Saw their name this year, really didn't even remember that they came this close to winning it all last year. So, maybe not a complete fluke?!

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In my work pool, I had Duke repeating as champs. But I still have Florida, Ohio State, and Kansas going to the Final 4 and three are in it still. But in a crazy way I'm really rooting for a VCU/Richmond matchup. Two teams down the road from each other and a 11 and 12 seed duking it out (no pun intended). That would be amazing. And Butler beating Florida in the Elite 8 would be as well.

There would be a certain justice to VCU winning it all. A certain sportswriter from ESPN may never cover March Madness again if that happens.

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There isn't an emoticon strong enough to encompass my emotion upon seeing VCU beating Kansas to make it to the Final Four. That is just insane.

Connecticut, Kentucky, Butler and Virginia Commonwealth survived the madness to make the Final Four.

No first or second picks, all underdogs, history is made already.

Which team do you think will take it all?

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Hell if I know. This tourney is beyond predicting.

My home computer blew up so I couldn't get in this year...

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I think VCU has a great shot at winning it all. They can certainly get past Butler. They're on fire right now. To beat Kansas with relative ease was quite a feat. And the schedule they had to go through was tough to even get to the Final Four. I'm not picking anyone since my bracket's busted, but I think VCU certainly has a great shot at beating Butler than either UConn or Kentucky.

Butler vs. Kentucky in the final. Big question is, does Butler came this close to winning it, only to fall short a second time? I'm gonna say yes, Kentucky takes it all.

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I'm pulling for Butler.

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I'm waiting with bated breath to make the requisite Clue! reference.

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I don't think I've ever picked a bracket before where I've picked none of the final four.

Well that was about as ugly a game as you would ever want to see. Butler laid a huge egg.

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I completely forgot it was on. Turned on SportsCenter to see Matt Howard looking dejected. So much for "experience."

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Butler couldn't drop it in the hoop if they were hovering one foot over the rim, dropping the ball in Plinko style.

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