It took a while, but two people tried to use an “&” in their bracket nickname. Don’t use ampersand (&) (or other crazy characters) in your nickname on the bracket because & isn’t URL friendly. We can add the “&” later if you like it.
Daily Archives: Wednesday, March 18, 2009
#1’s Still Top Choice
For the 43 entries received thus far, the top three teams picked to win it all are all #1 seeds and the 4th team is Memphis, which should’ve been a #1 seed. UNC leads with 14 followed by fellow 1’s Louisville (8) and Pitt (7). Memphis (5) edges out Oklahoma (4) with the remaining #1 seed UConn being picked by just 2. Three others have a vote each. 11 teams haven’t been picked by anyone to win their first game. Not much love for UCLA or USC (neither being picked past the Sweet 16) and Northridge is still looking for that one person to pick them to beat Memphis. 😉
Something odd… is happening to 07
The entries are coming in at a slower pace than last year but something interesting is happening. At least seven people (Brett M, Mike S, Linh C T, Bing F, Craig S, Steve N, and JD G) who played in 2007 and didn’t participate in our-record breaking year (101 entries) last year have submitted entries. Also, of the 35 entries so far, just four people are new (so keep recruiting!).
Your Picks
If you want to edit your bracket, please re-submit your bracket and just put down as a nickname something like NICKNAME-REVISE, NICKNAME-UPDATE so we know you are updating and not submitting a new entry. If it’s a small or few changes (hey, change my champion to UConn instead of UNC), you can email us the changes.
Now, if you want to review your picks, you can go here. Or reprint it because you forgot to :-).
Remember the deadline is 9 am PDT Thursday! Submit early and then pray. Also, make sure you have let us know how you will get us your $10.
On the right light blue column, you will find the status of everyone’s picks (e.g., all paid up, in process of paying (e.g., eCheck), or we haven’t heard how you’ll pay. Also, it will tell you which brackets we have. So if you think you submitted a bracket (note the time listed, it’s updated every 4-6 hours) and you don’t see your nickname, email us.