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Last year, by this point in the tournament, we had thing wrapped up, and the last game was being played just for fun. However, this year, the last game will decide the winner. If Ohio State wins, “shots hot” will win. If Florida takes it, “Scott’s Mad Dribblerz” will take it. So Monday night, this thing will be all wrapped up, and prizes will be going to the winner.

Here are the scores before Monday night’s final game:

• shots hot: 132
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 126
• Rusty from Portland: 121
• Coz’s Bracket: 119
• goldenglove7624: 119
• monkeyinabox: 116
• Repeating Greatness: 114
• bend no more: 114
• whiteybarkley: 114
• #1 bracket: 109
• bojack: 109
• Reigning Dud: 107
• jaylee: 106
• casual picks: 102
• MN Shivs: 99
• GO GATORS!!: 99
• PLU_STATS_231_2: 98
• Bowser: 97
• jenB_goDucks!: 95
• Tasmanian Devils: 94
• Briar Patch Project: 86
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 85
• steph: 83
• I can’t think of a name: 83
• Canadian Bacon: 79
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 79
• kandray’s bracket: 75
• HEELSTAR: 70
• shlid: 48
• Bretigny: 42

After the game on Monday, I’ll post the final scores, along with a graph showing the scoring progression (if Ohio State wins, I’ll be moving up some spots), and will be contacting the winners and putting them in touch with the prize-providers (thanks again to everybody, including Paizano’s Pizza, coming soon in Baker City, as well as Jake’s Diner here in Bend, along with last year’s winner Brad, for providing prizes).

The Final Four of Ohio State, Georgetown, Florida, and UCLA has been set. It’s stupidly late right now, and I’m really tired (why I’m still up, I have no idea), so I’ll posted the updated tournament scores tomorrow.

Update on 3/26: Here are the updated standings:

• Coz’s Bracket: 103
• goldenglove7624: 103
• shots hot: 100
• monkeyinabox: 100
• Repeating Greatness: 98
• bend no more: 98
• whiteybarkley: 98
• jenB_goDucks!: 95
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 94
• #1 bracket: 93
• bojack: 93
• Reigning Dud: 91
• jaylee: 90
• Rusty from Portland: 89
• Briar Patch Project: 86
• casual picks: 86
• MN Shivs: 83
• GO GATORS!!: 83
• steph: 83
• PLU_STATS_231_2: 82
• Bowser: 81
• Canadian Bacon: 79
• Tasmanian Devils: 78
• kandray’s bracket: 75
• HEELSTAR: 70
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 69
• I can’t think of a name: 67
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 63
• shlid: 48
• Bretigny: 42

Day one of the round four is in the books, and two teams punched their tickets to the Final Four. Here’s how the tournament scores are doing now:

• Coz’s Bracket: 95
• monkeyinabox: 92
• Repeating Greatness: 90
• jenB_goDucks!: 87
• goldenglove7624: 87
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 86
• #1 bracket: 85
• shots hot: 84
• Reigning Dud: 83
• steph: 83
• jaylee: 82
• whiteybarkley: 82
• bend no more: 82
• Rusty from Portland: 81
• bojack: 77
• GO GATORS!!: 75
• PLU_STATS_231_2: 74
• Bowser: 73
• Canadian Bacon: 71
• HEELSTAR: 70
• Briar Patch Project: 70
• casual picks: 70
• kandray’s bracket: 67
• MN Shivs: 67
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 63
• Tasmanian Devils: 62
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 61
• I can’t think of a name: 59
• shlid: 48
• Bretigny: 42

Now I’m rooting for the Ducks and Georgetown tomorrow. My bracket’s already screwed anyway, so those are just who I’d like to actually see win.

…and there’s a three-way tie for the lead of the tourney (with all-new leaders, thanks to the higher point value of correct picks in later rounds):

• goldenglove7624: 79
• Coz’s Bracket: 79
• jenB_goDucks!: 79
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 78
• #1 bracket: 77
• bojack: 77
• monkeyinabox: 76
• steph: 75
• PLU_STATS_231_2: 74
• jaylee: 74
• whiteybarkley: 74
• Repeating Greatness: 74
• Rusty from Portland: 73
• Canadian Bacon: 71
• casual picks: 70
• shots hot: 68
• GO GATORS!!: 67
• Reigning Dud: 67
• bend no more: 66
• Bowser: 65
• HEELSTAR: 62
• Briar Patch Project: 62
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 61
• kandray’s bracket: 59
• MN Shivs: 59
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 55
• Tasmanian Devils: 54
• I can’t think of a name: 51
• shlid: 48
• Bretigny: 34

There are still ways for a lot of players to win this as many folks in the top 10 picked some of these teams — the next 10 days are going to be exciting!

Keeping up with the scoring updates for the tourney here so that when Yahoo! deletes it, we can still look back at this and laugh. So here are the totals after the second round, day one:

• jaylee: 42
• bojack: 41
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 40
• #1 bracket: 39
• goldenglove7624: 39
• Rusty from Portland: 39
• HEELSTAR: 38
• PLU_STATS_231_2: 38
• whiteybarkley: 38
• jenB_goDucks!: 37
• steph: 37
• Coz’s Bracket: 37
• Reigning Dud: 35
• MN Shivs: 35
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 35
• GO GATORS!!: 35
• Briar Patch Project: 34
• monkeyinabox: 34
• shlid: 34
• bend no more: 34
• shots hot: 34
• I can’t think of a name: 33
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 33
• Bowser: 33
• Canadian Bacon: 33
• casual picks: 32
• Tasmanian Devils: 30
• Repeating Greatness: 30
• kandray’s bracket: 29
• Bretigny: 22

And we’ve had a little bit of shift at the top of the scoreboard compared to yesterday, but with round 2 starting tomorrow, things are going to get interesting. Here are the scores so far (and 32 is a perfect score so far):

• PLU_STATS_231_2: 28
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 28
• jaylee: 28
• goldenglove7624: 27
• Rusty from Portland: 27
• steph: 27
• #1 bracket: 27
• bojack: 27
• casual picks: 26
• bend no more: 26
• jenB_goDucks!: 25
• Reigning Dud: 25
• jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 25
• Bowser: 25
• I can’t think of a name: 25
• shots hot: 24
• shlid: 24
• HEELSTAR: 24
• Briar Patch Project: 24
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 23
• GO GATORS!!: 23
• Coz’s Bracket: 23
• Canadian Bacon: 23
• MN Shivs: 23
• Repeating Greatness: 22
• monkeyinabox: 22
• whiteybarkley: 22
• kandray’s bracket: 21
• Tasmanian Devils: 20
• Bretigny: 16

I’m just glad the Ducks won, as that was a LOT closer than it should’ve been.

Since these will be erased after the tournament is over, I wanted to try to keep a daily running tab here so that we can remember these for posterity.

But here are the point totals for each bracket in the group so far. There were 16 games today and 16 possible points. And these can (and will) change as the tournament goes on as you get more points for your teams in the latter rounds. For example: last year, I was winning after the first two days, but ended up getting nearly last overall. So things will certainly get messed up:

• PLU_STATS_231_2: 14
• goldenglove7624: 14
• jaylee: 14
• PAIZANO’S PIZZA: 14
• HEELSTAR: 13
• Rusty from Portland: 13
• #1 bracket: 13
• Scott’s Mad Dribblerz: 13
• jenB_goDucks!: 13
• Canadian Bacon: 12
• shots hot: 12
• bend no more: 12
• I can’t think of a name: 12
• bojack: 12
• casual picks: 12
• steph: 12
• Reigning Dud: 12
• shlid: 11
• Briar Patch Project: 11
• monkeyinabox: 11
• Bowser: 11
• Repeating Greatness: 11
• whiteybarkley: 11
• Jake’s ’07 Pick ’em: 11
• kandray’s bracket: 10
• Bretigny: 10
• Coz’s Bracket: 10
• MN Shivs: 10
• GO GATORS!!: 10
• Tasmanian Devils: 9

I removed the folks from the list who signed up for the group, but didn’t complete a bracket in time (there were a few of those).

Today’s the final day to set your bracket as the tournament starts early tomorrow (I think they’re cutting off entries at 9AM Pacific Time tomorrow). We do have a few prizes that are going to the winner this year, so check them out and sign up today! I’ll post messages in the tournament group in Yahoo regarding how to claim your prizes, etc…, once it gets to that point (as this is all just for fun, folks).

Speaking of the tournament, there are 55 die-hard Oregon student fans that are not only getting tickets to the game, but they’re getting a ride up there (and additional tickets if Oregon advances), all paid for by the new athletic director.

…have you made your picks?

(And again, I’m still looking for prize donations, if anybody has anything they want to throw into the pot.)