Good advise, Donna! :)

There's lots of ball yet to be played!!! Ya never know!

Congrats to Betty K and Gary for their strong start! You two are in the 96% percentile of entries on Yahoo! fantasy brackets. FAN-TASTIC!

My recollection is the folks who had the fewest correct picks last year on day one wound up being the top of the heap by the Final Four weekend. Donna won the whole shebang.

Unfortunately, my incorrect picks this year were supposed to make it into the Sweet Sixteen round. Oh well ... I've still got 12 picks in the fight! Better than last year, I can tell you that.

Cheers, Anne

Anne, you are so right about how quick things can turn around!!!

I am enjoying this diversion on such a lousy weather day.

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Betty K:
[QB] Now, this is fun! Lots of good basketball to see!

Our 's aren't scheduled to play until 10:00 tonight. Hope I can stay awake!!!! :)


Bet you are awake Betty!!!!! GO GATORS!!!!

Out for St Patrick's Day so a little late on the statistics. Here are the current standings:

1 gary 28 28 of 32 Max 186
2 GIL 26 26 of 32 Max 182
3 Sue M 25 25 of 32 Max 175
3 anne 25 25 of 32 Max 181
3 Marc 25 25 of 32 Max 149
3 Betty K 25 25 of 32 Max 183
3 Arlene 25 25 of 32 Max 183
8 DenaH 24 24 of 32 Max 180
9 Southernlady 22 22 of 32 Max 176
10 azgkrudi 21 21 of 32 Max 177

I am the only one that has already lost two of my Final Four teams. :mad:

As for the conferences:

Big 10 5-1
SEC 4-1
Big 12 3-1
ACC 5-2
Pac 10 4-2
Big East 3-3

I will be at meetings all day Monday so cannot post results until Monday night (early Monday am EDT time) but someone else can post earlier.

Some great pickin', Gary!!

This is a very happy family all members are USC, Fl and SIU grads -

Go KU!!!!
Happy in Olathe Ks.

Yes, Donna, that was an exciting win for the Rams..... Randy is from VA, so we pulled for his home state on that game.

... and there is a beautiful Carolina Blue sky this morning at Ocracoke. GO HEELS!!!!!
:ch: :ch: :ch:

Greetings all! I absolutely loved the Dook loss (you alll need to learn the Carolina way of spelling that by the way).

I pull for all other ACC schools except Dook. Here's to the Heels playing well tonight.

Anthony: Thinking of you and Paige :hug

Happy?????

Here are the standingsthrough Saturday's games:

1 Gary 38 points, 33 of 40, Max 180
1 Gil 38 points, 32 of 40, Max 180
3 Betty K 37 points, 31 of 40, Max 179
3 Arlene 37 points, 31 of 40, Max 181
5 DenaH 36 points, 30 of 40, Max 178
6 Sue M 35 points, 30 of 40, Max 171
6 Anne 35 points, 30 of 40, Max 179
8 Kristin 33 points, 27 of 40, Max 173
8 Marc 33 points, 29 of 40, Max 143
10 Southernlady 28 points, 25 of 40, Max 168

I am still the only one that has already lost two of my Final Four teams. :mecry:

As for the conferences, the SEC and Big 12 are in the lead:

SEC 5-1 (4 remaining)
Big 12 4-1 (3 remaining)
Big 10 6-3 (3 remaining)
Pac 10 5-3 (3 remaining)
ACC 6-4 (3 remaining)
Big East 5-4 (2 remaining)

I won't be able to post tomorrow's results until early am Monday EDT.

:app: :app: :app:

WHAT A GAME GO GATORS!!!!!!

Double happiness, Joanna - Salukis win, too!

Cheers, Anne

With strong family ties to FL, SIU and USC things are very exciting!!! :app: :app:

Memphis won, too.

Just an update on Conference performance before I head off to work. The SEC and Big 12 are still in the lead although Pac-10 is gaining:

SEC 7-2 (3 remaining)
Big 12 5-2 (2 remaining)
Pac 10 7-3 (3 remaining)
Big East 5-4 (2 remaining)
Big 10 6-5 (1 remaining)
ACC 6-6 (1 remaining)

What happened to the "supposedly" strong ACC and Big 10? :D

I'll fill in for Marc today as substitute statistician - here are the standings through Sunday's games:

1 Gary 50 points, 39 of 48, Max 174
2 DenaH 48 points, 36 of 48, Max 176
3 Betty K 47 points, 36 of 48, Max 171
3 Arlene 47 points, 36 of 48, Max 171
5 Gil 46 points, 36 of 48, Max 158
6 Anne 45 points, 35 of 48, Max 161
7 Sue M 43 points, 34 of 48, Max 163
7 Marc 43 points, 34 of 48, Max 139
9 Kristin 39 points, 30 of 48, Max 155
10 Southernlady 38 points, 30 of 48, Max 162

And may I add a hearty :woh: for the USC Trojans! Yeah!

Dena

YES you may Dena!!!!! Everyone is happy tonight

Joanna, the Mondaes' teams are doing great! We're doing pretty well too - my sister is UCLA alum so she's happy :mecry: I'm looking forward to the next round of games!

Dena

Purdue was soooo good...I see the Mom's faces on TV and say "Oh I want her son to win!!!!" Guess I can't be sports analyst

Dena, thanks!!

May I ask, however, why you are picking both UCLA and USC to lose their next games?

No confidence? :D

If all works to plan, there will be no more ACC, Big East, or Big 10 teams in the Elite 8. Of course, I am usually disappointed when it comes to tournament time. :(

Marc, I filled out my bracket using my head instead of my heart :) If I'd gone with my heart, I'd have USC winning it all and UCLA losing in the first round! OK, I did use a little wishful thinking in picking Notre Dame to lose in the first round.

I'll be thrilled if USC continues to advance, even if it means I come in last in the LCT pool. :(

Dena

I'm just so glad KU managed to get past the first round this year! Keeping my fingers and toes crossed.

Joanna - Marist pulled off another big upset in the women's brackets last night. They are a #13 seed & headed to the Sweet Sixteen. Talk about rocking!

DePaul men beat Kansas State at home last night 70-65 to go to the NIT 3rd round. Next stop: Air Force.

Cheers, Anne

Partying in Poughkeepsie!!! Go Blue Demons!!

I get sad, Marc. No more college b-ball until December..... :mecry: :mecry: :mecry:

Instead of March Madness it has rather become March MADDENING for me...sigh. Oh, with the exception of the DOOK (I like it, Anthony ;) ) loss, which was quite refreshing...

It would be neat to see a dark-horse-type like Tennessee win. Unlikely, but you never know!

Kristin - you never know. Last year, the standings were shaken up after the second weekend results. We are still growling about our women leading the entire second half, then losing to Georgia Tech on Saturday.

Sorry about Wisconsin. They played an awesome game. FWIW, Gary thinks Kansas looks terrific so far (and a win is worth 32 points)

Cheers, Anne

Thanks, Anne - it's always so fun to watch, no matter who is playing. We do still have some Wisconsin hope - UW Green Bay women are still in it - play Connecticut tonight. (YIKES)

Kristin - I was disappointed the announcers introduced that game as "UConn plays UW-Green Bay in a foregone conclusion". Hah! The UW-Green Bay women did themselves proud and led UConn at the half. They are an excellent team. The women's programs are getting deep enough that it's not a battle of the #1s anymore. Look at Marist!!

Standings after Thursday's games:

1 Arlene 63 points, 40 of 52, Max 171
1 Betty K 63 points, 40 of 52, Max 171
3 Gary 62 points, 42 of 52, Max 170
4 Anne 61 points, 39 of 52, Max 161
5 Gil 58 points, 39 of 52, Max 158
6 Dena H 56 points, 38 of 52, Max 160
7 Sue 55 points, 37 of 52, Max 159
8 Kristin 55 points, 34 of 52, Max 155
8 Donna 54 points, 34 of 52, Max 162
10 Marc 51 points, 36 of 52, Max 139

The rankings are starting to shift!

- Gary's slipped off the mountaintop;

- my Ohio State team decided to show up at the half - who knew?

- The Pac-10 domination strategy looks good for next year

- As per usual, Gary & I wind up on opposite sides of the predicted Florida-Ohio State final.

- The games last night were so exciting! Ohio State wins by 1; Memphis wins by 1; Kansas by 3 (with Salukis holding the lead for much of the game); and UCLA wins by 9.

- I'm getting the shakes realizing I may have seen the last of the basketball tournaments this year!

- as of right now, here's how we are positioned for the Championship Weekend:

Arlene - 4 for 4 of the final Four; Georgetown!
Betty K - 4 for 4; Florida repeats!
Gary - 4 for 4; Florida repeats!
Anne - 3 for 4; Ohio State!
Gil - 3 for 4; Georgetown!
Dena - 3 for 4; Kansas!
Sue - 4 for 4; Kansas!
Kristin - 3 for 4; Kansas!
Donna - 4 for 4; North Carolina!
and
Marc - 2 of 4 ; UCLA takes it all!

Great games indeed last night. I tumbled in the standings due to my "bold" picks of Texas A&M and Pittsburgh not coming through. For tonight I've picked all the favorites - let's see if that works any better...

Dena

Kansas - the heart attack kids! I had a meeting last night and I think I'm glad I only got to check on the game occasionally. I love the close games for everyone else, though! :D

funny that Gil and I both picked Georgetown to win it all, since we didn't discuss our picks beforehand.

OMG I need a new set of acrylics - just nibbled on them the other night TONIGHT THEY ARE GONE!!- GO GO YOU GREAT GATORS!!! Tony called from Atlanta airport watching game!!- 35 seconds........foul? so sad Butler!! 10 seconds a commercial - 65-57 YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OH geeezzz GO Hoyas!!!! My brother will be very happy tonight!!!!

Go 's

I am too old USC on now -