Now that’s what I call March Madness. After the first 23 games of the first round produced just 3 “upsets” — none of them a “David vs. Goliath” situation with mid-major beating a major — Norfolk State opened the floodgates, and we saw TWO #15 seeds beat #2s in one evening (after just 4 such upsets in the previous 27… Read more »
First things first… join the women’s pool! Deadline tomorrow morning! As for the men’s tourney: we only saw two “upsets” yesterday, and neither of them was a classic David-over-Goliath situation. We had Colorado over UNLV — exciting locally, but at the end of the day, just a BCS team beating a Mountain West team. And we had one instance of… Read more »
Robert Carlos and Elizabeth Styles are tied atop the men’s NCAA pool with 69 points apiece, on 18-2 records overall (3-1 First Four, 15-1 on Saturday). They’re followed by Mike Dagen with 68 points (4-0, 14-2), Y Alice with 67 points (1-3, 16-0), and a six-way tie among Deanah Kim, Lisa Velte, Amy Booth, Karen Torgersen, Ken Stern and Alex… Read more »
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! P.S. ~1 hour left to enter the pool! Pool standings here, updating automatically. UPDATE: Live Twitter coverage: NCAA Tournament live coverage
As Loyacita was filling out her bracket this morning, Loyette chimed in with some wisdom. Listen until the end for the punch line. Clearly we’re raising this kid right: LOL! Loyette FTW! In other news, today is the 16th anniversary of my announcement of the first-ever Living Room Times NCAA Pool (or “pool/poll,” as I initially called it) in the… Read more »
The pools are, as always, FREE to enter. Winners of the men’s & women’s NCAA pools will (eventually*) get a t-shirt or equivalent prize. More importantly, all winners will attain eternal glory. Eternal Glory! Complete rules here. Entry links below. Good luck! Men’s NCAA Tournament Pool: • Standings here! • Scoring system: 3-4-7-10-16-24-33. • View everyone’s picks as a printable… Read more »
WHEEEE!!!!! We’re two days away from my favorite day of the year, Christmas morning Selection Sunday, and you know what that means: BRACKETS!!! Also, my 17th annual (free) Living Room Times Basketball Pools (Men’s NCAA, Women’s NCAA and NIT). Come back here Sunday night or Monday to sign up. YAY!!! I. Can’t. Wait. As a matter of fact, Loyette got… Read more »
My trip to Arkansas is off, cancelled ~7 hours before it was to begin, after Denver’s season ended in heartbreak at the hands of Western Kentucky in the Sun Belt semifinals last night. Here’s video of my reaction to the Pioneers’ shot at winning or tying the game in the final seconds, and then WKU’s game-sealing free throws at the… Read more »
Tomorrow at 6:00 AM, I may be on board a plane departing Denver for Little Rock, Arkansas. Or I may not. I’ve already started packing, but I won’t know whether I’m actually traveling tomorrow until around 9:30 PM tonight — at which point I’ll be roughly six hours away from needing to leave for the airport, if I’m going. That’s… Read more »