CERRITOS, CA (smt)- Two coaches were ejected today and not surprisingly, both for the losing team. #9MW-UAB's coach was ejected with 5:24 left arguing for a foul as UAB got routed by #4MW-Kansas, 100-74. Kansas is just the third team to hit the century mark (both Washington and UAB played to a 102-100 thriller in the first round) making UAB the only team this year to allow 100 points or more in two tournament games. Uneven officiating caused #3S-Texas' coach to get ejected with 3.9 seconds left as their rally fell short to #7S-Xavier (their 1st Elite 8 appearance), 79-71. All in all, five technicals were given today (Nevada's player had the fifth). #3MW-Georgia Tech survived two scares, the first losing their leading scorer B.J. Elder three minutes into the game, then fighting off Cinderella #10MW-Nevada, 72-67. #1S-Duke pulled away from #5S-Illinois in a fast paced game, 72-62.

BINGO is all alone in first with 106 points, four more than RANDOM PICKS and PINKBUBBLES. JEDI MASTER ROB and DC944 hit the century mark as well. BINGO now has a 86.7% chance of winning money and a 35.2% of taking first. After that, things even out with 13 other entries with a better than 10% chance of winning money and four other entries with a better than 10% chance of winning the pool. Only 28 remain in contention and just 11 for the top prize. With 128 possible outcomes, STUDENT BODY RIGHT (25th-Tied, 92 pts) has just one chance for first and THE FAB X (38th-T, 89) has just one chance for 4th.

Four entries went 3-1 while nine went 0-4. For the 3rd Round, it was reversed- nine went 5-3 while 4 went 1-7. The 3.4 win average for the round was the second worst-ever Sweet Sixteen round. Kansas' win was picked by 9 entries, but six of those were already eliminated. Xavier's win, picked by six, though, knocked out six entries. Georgia Tech's victory seladed the fate of 3 more and Duke's win eliminated BIG LUTHER (57th-T, 84). ELDO (42nd-T, 88) still has a chance to go perfect in the Final Four and is the lowest entry to still have a chance for win it all. BAD COW KNEES (49th-T, 87) is lowest entry to still have a chance to win money.

For the Bonus Prize, the ACC leads with 11 wins, followed by the BigEast and Big 12 with nine. No conference will win more than 16. The Atlantic 10 (6 wins) is the only other conference with a chance to lead. Sixty (60) entries, that's most of you, can still win the Bonus Prize. So keep those brackets handy. A complete summary of the Bonus Prize possibilities will be posted after Sunday's games.

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All the teams I rooted for lost, even though I picked evil Duke...
Scott