I’ve put up a temporary web page to view your picks (or anyone else’s). Please note that if you have emailed changes, I haven’t put it in yet (and I will personally email you when that is done). I’ll be updating nicknames as well (e.g., changing Joker’s Wild-Update back to Joker’s Wild). If you have questions, let us know.
Daily Archives: Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Three on Top
Michael C, Albert H, and JaMIe A lead the First Four For Charity contest with 3 wins with Michael, who exactly picked VT by 12, in first with a 10 point differential. But it’s a battle between only Michael and Jamie. If Cal wins, Bear alum Jamie will win the 2nd HWCI NCAA First Four For Chairty contest. If South Florida wins, Michael takes the crown. No tiebreaker involved here. This is after Vermont took down Lamar (only 10 picked VT). This is just the 2nd year, but if Cal wins, David A, who was the only one to a perfect 4-0 last year will go 0-4 this year. Currently 4 are tied at 0-3 including Jamie’s squeeze Fern (who wisely sided with her and did not pick against Cal).
Signs and Portents
Half the First Four done. So Western Kentucky rallies from 16 points with 4:52 left to beat Mississippi Valley St. Then BYU rallies from 25 points with 4 minutes left in the 1st half to beat Iona. Both games weren’t pretty to watch (lots of turnovers, lots of missed free throws, lots of bad decision-making), but crazy is good.
As for the First Four For Charity, 7 are 2-0 with Albert H. in the lead with a point differential of 10. Seven are 0-2 and would need lots of help. Standings below…
| FIRST | LI | Wins | Pts Diff |
| Albert | H | 2 | 10 |
| Eric | C | 2 | 18 |
| Ken | B | 2 | 18 |
| Michael | C | 2 | 22 |
| Tim | W | 2 | 24 |
| Chris | B | 2 | 26 |
| Jaime | A | 2 | 44 |
| Paul | T | 1 | 13 |
| Kevin | T | 1 | 16 |
| Darryn | B | 1 | 18 |
| Vi | N | 1 | 18 |
| Michael | G | 1 | 19 |
| Yoh | W | 1 | 19 |
| Craig | S | 1 | 20 |
| Yumi | S | 1 | 20 |
| Eric | F | 1 | 25 |
| Scott | T | 1 | 26 |
| Samer | S | 1 | 28 |
| Roy | W | 1 | 32 |
| Wendy | B | 0 | 23 |
| Ron | E | 0 | 30 |
| David | A | 0 | 32 |
| Fernando | B | 0 | 37 |
| Justin | P | 0 | 37 |
| Andy | F | 0 | 43 |
| Deven | K | 0 | 47 |
Melo ex-‘Cuse-d
Biggest news today was the academic suspension of Fab Melo of Syracuse for the tournament. How will this change your picks? Will the Orange rally around this or will they falter early. Could go either way. BUT, if you want to change your picks, you are able to up until the deadline of 9 am PDT Thursday. If it’s a simple change, email me. Or, you can resubmit your bracket with your SAME nickname + update (e.g., Nickname-update or Nickname-up or Nickname-rev).