CERRITOS, CA (smt)- Playing less than 300 miles from campus, the pro-Kansas crowd in St. Louis could not overcome another mileage problem - Aaron Miles - as #3MW-Georgia Tech held off #4MW-Kansas in overtime, 79-71, scoring the last eight points. The Jayhawks' Miles, in the last two minutes plus OT, walked the ball up the court when Kansas needed a quick basket, forced three bad shots, had one fast break turnover, committed one stupid foul (giving Georgia Tech 2 free throws), and had one dumb traveling violation. The Yellow Jackets, who once again won without their top scorer B.J. Elder, blew a 65-58 lead but headed into OT tied at 66, thanks to Miles. Kansas lost for the first time this season when scoring 70 points (23-1).

#1S-Duke went on a 12-3 run to overcome a 56-53 deficit to defeat a pesky #7S-Xaiver team, 66-63. Xavier knocked off the #3 team in the region (Texas), the #2 team (Miss. St.), but ran out of steam against the #1 team. Xavier was the hottest team winning 16 of their past 17 games. Duke makes it to its 10th Final Four under Coach K (just the third time in the 10 years of the pool, making many past predictors frustrated).

KYLIAAR (114 pts) was one of 4 people to go 2-0 and moved from a tie for 15th to 5th- but can't finish higher than 3rd. BINGO (124), who was one of 17 to go 3-1 for the round, continues to maintain his 4 pt lead over RANDOM PICKS. He tied a HWCI NCAA record high of 124 pts after four rounds and has 46 wins so far with a possible point total of 152. With three games left, he has a chance to break the HWCI NCAA records of 48 wins (by JAYBIAN in 1996) and 148 points (by BIX PIX in 1995). On the other end, 24 went 0-2 and twelve went 0-for-the-Final-Four.

Georgia Tech's win was picked was picked by 12 and it eliminated SCHADENFREUDE and ZIPPY (coincidentally, the two people who actually reqeusted their individual possibilities list). Duke's win was picked by 47 sending the only person to have Xavier in the Final, BAD COW KNEES, home. While 24 entries can't pick up any more points, 17 still have both of their finalists in the Final Four.

An unusually high 14 entries can still win one of the top four prizes. BINGO still has not secured money but has a 7 in 8 chance of winning something and a 50% shot for first place.

The ACC sweep today means that someone will win the Bonus Prize and the winner can forget about collecting $390 instead of $370. The ACC will be the winningest conference with either 13 (currently at), 14, 15, or 16 wins.

A complete wrap-up of the Final Four possibilities will be posted tomorrow. The Bonus Prize summary will be posted on Tuesday. Both are on the web site now without commentary.

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Two great games (for once)...
Scott