Saturday, March 23, 2002        
Issue # 10.4.1 "It's Raining Threes..."
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CERRITOS, CA (smt)- #2W-Oklahoma answered every #12W-Missouri rally to advance to the Final Four for the first time since 1988, 81-75, in a matchup of Big 12 rivals. In the fractured South region, #5S-Indiana, thanks to 15 of 19 shooting beyond the arc including making their first 8 attempts, stopped #10S-Kent St.'s 21-game winning streak, 81-69. This was a game of streaks, as Indiana twice built a 20-pt lead on separate occassions (34-14, 59-39) only to see the Golden Flashes make runs of 8-0 and 13-0, the latter to cut the lead to 7. But Indiana then scored five in a row to keep it at a comfortable margin for the rest of the game and got revenge for last year's 1st round loss to Kent St. Indiana's last Final Four appearance was in 1992.

Oklahoma's win sent THE FABON8ER to the top of the standings for the first time (107). FREE JINX (106) took second, sending RANDOM PICKS (101) to third and with no chance to win first place. MADPRO (101) moved from 11th to 4th. The Sooner's win also sent five more entries packing (MHK (5th-T, 99), BOB DYLAN (8th-T, 98), NOBODY and FLYINGELVI (both 8th-T, 94), and KRAZ (51st-T, 84)) and narrowed the field to 12 those who could win first place. Both entries that picked Indiana to win failed to pick Oklahoma so 23 entries went 1-1 today.

WHAT LUCK (85) moved from 60th-T to 47th-T and 6.3% chance for 1st. CHENMAN (5th-T, 99) has the best chance to win the $400 prize at 25% with THE FABON8ER at 18.8%. Overall, THE FABON8ER has a 59.4% chance of winning something with FREE JINX at 50%. Tomorrow's games are going to be huge for a lot of people as at least 14 people have either picked UConn, Maryland, Kansas, or Oregon.

If you missed it on the message board, the prize breakdown will be as follows:

  1st Place: $400
  2nd Place: $200
  3rd Place: $130
  4th Place: $70.