It's back -- men's college basketball madness. Gator fans, you're in. Temple Owl fans - you're in. ACC fans - it was a travesty. The only positive spin to put on it is the NIT tournament should be Revenge of the ACC.

I've set up the LCT group on yahoo.com if you want to join in the fun.

http://tournament.fantasysports.yah...ategroup_assign_team?GID=81912&P=lct

group number is 81912
password is lct

choose your teams carefully - cut off is sometime on Thursday morning. May the best bracket win!!

Once again , little respect for the Pac-12 or the Mountain West. If you want to learn more, go to www. yahoo.com under sports and look for the pick 'em tourney menu tab.

Cheers, the Commish

Thanks, Commish, for getting the group set up. Some year, I will win! (Probably not...)

Dena

I'm in, but I never do well at this! I do love March Madness though, no matter what :)

I'm in with my normal losing picks.



Hey commish, can you change the rules so we can have multiple brackets?

Thanks, Anne! Finally got around to this - and I'm sure I made my usual poor choices!

Marc - looks like you didn't need extra entries - you've got the highest number of possible points. Most have Louisville taking the crown. You either got 13 or 11 right - the last number is the maximum number of points you have remaining. Bigger is better!

Here's how we stand after Day 1:
1 gary's guardians 13 175
1 Marc's Wacky Bracket 13 189
1 Carolyn's Crazy Bracket 13 181
1 DenaH 13 183
1 RacerX Bracket Breaker 13 175
1 m'ellen 13 187
7 On Wisconsin 11 183
7 *The A Team 11 181
7 Greg 11 183
7 Anna B's Bracket 11 185

Bad start for me but happy that Marquette pulled it out (BARELY). I am sure our neighbors heard us screaming. All things Wisconsin for us! We'll see how the Badgers do today. Go Bo!

Finally, Marc's Pac-10/12 strategy pays off...at least for a day! I was pretty happy with only missing two 8/9 matchups, until New Mexico went down. I did not see that one coming, as I had NM in my Elite 8.

Dena

Didn't get in in time but my bracket is already trashed. It seems no one told Harvard they were brains not brawn. And if Kansas plays NC the way they played yesterday we'll see them back in Lawrence before the cocktail hour is over tomorrow. Interesting upsets this year.

Well, this season is giving "March Madness" new meaning - good grief! It's downright crazy!!!

It is crazy. I had a pretty good first round, but yesterday only got 3 of 8. I've already lost 2 of my Final Four!

Sue, since I am the lone Tar Heel here, I can only wish the Heels will beat Kansas today. If they do, I will drink a cocktail for you!!

We'll agree to root for different teams....

I hope Wichita State didn't use up all the Kansas luck yesterday.

That we can, Sue. Loving all these crazy games.

Had a glass of wine for you Beth. Amazing how the teams switched personalities at halftime.

Larry always said " ANYTHING can happen in March Madness". These games have proven that once again. Grandson J.J. goes to FGCU. Who'd a thunk.....this team is so fun to watch. We are all "Dyed-in-the-Wool" GATOR fans. The two will meet in Sweet 16. I can't wait! I cannot lose!

This is so exciting! I'm so happy for FGCU and J.J , Cinderella is alive and well!

Betty, that's awesome! I remember when we were living down in that area and Florida Gulf Coast was such a new college, and they were adding on because they were growing so fast. Now look at where they are! And they honestly look like the best team in this whole tournament, IMO! I hope they go all the way! (Well, them or Marquette )

Yes Kristin, FGCU team is SO fun to watch, I think maybe, because they are having so much fun! And according to J J the campus is wild with excitement and pride.

I am sure they are, Betty - and it is well-deserved! Go FGCU! Keep the "Madness" alive!

All of FL is crazy about this young team! I am Gator fan but will be rooting for the "babies" - love reading about their coach and his supermodel wife retired now (Amanda Marcum) and their 3 "babies" -

Agree about FGCU. I don't hardly watch any of this stuff, but Frank does and the two games we watched FGCU play were so exciting and fun. I tend to always root for the underdog and hope for the Cinderella story.

Agree that FGCU is fun to watch - partly because they are obviously having fun playing the game. The women's tourney has been fun to watch as well. Torn between the Blue Hens and Jayhawks.

Thanks, Sue. Tough second half for my Heels. Guess I'll have to route for other ACC teams: Miami or Florida State now..... Duke-never.

Standings as we head into the decisive games for the Final Four:

Rank, Player, Points so far, Total possible points. Looks like Marquette's explosive run into the Elite has paid benefits for Kristin and Greg. Grant's got the most points possible; 3 way tie for most points earned. Big East looks great going into the weekend with 3 teams still alive. Syracuse (just beat Marquette), Duke, Wichita State, Ohio State, Michigan, Florida, and Louisville are the 2013 Elite Eight. Kansas-Michigan got last night's nail biter award.



1 On Wisconsin 56 88
1 Greg 56 112
1 m'ellen 56 112
4 gary's guardians 54 110
4 Anna B's picks 54 110
6 Carolyn's Crazy Bracket 50 106
7 RacerX Bracket Breaker 49 129
8 *The A Team 48 64
8 DenaH 48 104
10 Marc's Wacky Bracket 40 40

Darn. Wish I. liked Marquette.

Well. After watching this weekend what do you think? Rooting for Michigan mainly cause they knocked KU out of the fun. Should be a good game!

When our Wisconsin teams went down (Wis and Marquette), we defaulted to the Big Ten, so we are cheering for Michigan. But we are very happy with both teams - it would be great for Louisville to win it for Kevin Ware. Either team is fine with us, we just want a great game (and NO MORE injuries!)

For the first time, we have a tie! Relying on the score as the tiebreaker gives top honors to Greg - 112 points and 77-71. M'ellen also garnered 112 points, 91-87 was a bit further off the 82-76 finals.

WELL DONE! UConn meets Louisville in an all Big East women's final tonight. The great irony is neither of these teams will be with the Big East going forward. If the Louisville women take the crown, it will be only the second time a school gets both titles - first was UConn in 2003-2004 (per SB nation).

Cheers, The Commish

Congrats to all the winners!