The Finals Are Set

There are exactly 8 scenarios remaining in the 2009 office pool. Game days are Saturday, April 4 and Monday, April 6.

1. If Michigan St beats Villanova
2. If Villanova beats Michigan St
3. If Michigan St beats N. Carolina
4. If N. Carolina beats Michigan St
5. If Connecticut beats Villanova
6. If Villanova beats Connecticut
7. If Connecticut beats N. Carolina
8. If N. Carolina beats Connecticut

Round Four Teams - Saturday & Sunday

Saturday and Sunday's Active teams, sorted by region.

Eliminated teams are in red.

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies - picked by 170
3 Missouri Tigers - picked by 32

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers - picked by 278
3 Villanova Wildcats - picked by 31

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals - picked by 299
2 Michigan State Spartans - picked by 47

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels - picked by 263
2 Oklahoma Sooners - picked by 53

Round Three Teams - Thursday & Friday

Thursday and Friday's Active teams, sorted by region.

Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers
2 Duke Blue Devils
3 Villanova Wildcats
4 Xavier Musketeers

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies
2 Memphis Tigers
3 Missouri Tigers
5 Purdue Boilermakers

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals
2 Michigan State Spartans
3 Kansas Jayhawks
12 Arizona Wildcats

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels
2 Oklahoma Sooners
3 Syracuse Orange
4 Gonzaga Bulldogs

Round Two Teams - Sunday's Games

Saturday's Round Two games with active teams in each region.
Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
1 Pittsburgh Panthers
4 Xavier Musketeers
8 Oklahoma State Cowboys
12 Wisconsin Badgers

MIDWEST Region
1 Louisville Cardinals
2 Michigan State Spartans
3 Kansas Jayhawks
9 Siena Saints
10 USC Trojans
11 Dayton Flyers
12 Arizona Wildcats
13 Cleveland State Vikings

WEST Region
3 Missouri Tigers
6 Marquette Golden Eagles

SOUTH Region
3 Syracuse Orange
6 Arizona State Sun Devils

Round Two Teams - Saturday's Games

Saturday's Round Two games with active teams in each region.
Eliminated teams are in red.

EAST Region
2 Duke Blue Devils
3 Villanova Wildcats
6 UCLA Bruins
7 Texas Longhorns

WEST Region
1 Connecticut Huskies
2 Memphis Tigers
4 Washington Huskies
5 Purdue Boilermakers
9 Texas A&M Aggies
10 Maryland Terrapins

SOUTH Region
1 North Carolina Tar Heels
2 Oklahoma Sooners
4 Gonzaga Bulldogs
8 LSU Tigers
10 Michigan Wolverines
12 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

The End Of The First Round Games

For somebody out there, this graphic makes sense.

Round 1, Day 1

Just a quick message today as it's very late here....

We are half way through the Round 1 games, there are currently two pick sheets that are perfect through the first 16 games: Jeff 'Mad Max' Maxwell, Chris Charters 2. Nice job so far.

Numbers wise, total pick sheets is up this year at 423 entries. Last year there was 360 total entries in the pool.

2009 Office Pool 64 Tournament Is Live

Submissions Are Closed


Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS button at the bottom of the page or your picks will not be entered into the pool.

Deadline: Tip-Off, March 19 @ 12:30 PM [EST]

Entry Fee: $0.00

Enter as often as you like. When entering multiple times, please place a number after your name to make it unique [or it will over write you last submitted picks] For example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3

Viewable And Printable 2009 Brackets

31 Automatic Bids - Conference Tournaments

31 automatic bids are earned by the Conference Tournament Champions. Here is the list of conferences, schedule and winner when known.

	Dates-Winners [record]	Conference [record]
1.	Duke Blue Devils [28-6]	ACC [11-5]
2.	Binghamton Bearcats [23-8]	American East [13-3]
3.	East Tennessee St Buccaneers [23-10]	Atlantic Sun [14-6]
4.	Temple Owls [22-11]	Atlantic 10 [11-5]
5.	Louisville Cardinals [28-5]	Big East [16-2]
6.	Portland State Vikings [23-9]	Big Sky [11-5]
7.	Radford Highlanders [21-11]	Big South [15-3]
8.	Purdue Boilermakers [24-9]	Big Ten [11-7]
9.	Missouri Tigers [28-6]	Big 12 [12-4]
10.	CSU Northridge Matadors [17-3]	Big West [11-5]
11.	Virginia Commonwealth Rams [24-9]	Colonial [14-4]
12.	Memphis Tigers [31-3]	Conference USA [16-0]
13.	Cleveland State Vikings [24-10]	Horizon [13-6]
14.	Cornell Big Red [21-9]	Ivy League [11-3]
15.	Siena Saints [26-7]	MAAC [16-2]
16.	Akron Zips [23-12]	MAC [10-6]
17.	Morgan State Bears [23-11]	MEAC [17-3]
18.	Northern Iowa Panthers [23-10]	Missouri Valley [14-4]
19.	Utah Utes [24-9]	Mountain West [15-4]
20.	Robert Morris Colonials [24-10]	Northeast [15-3]
21.	Morehead State Eagles [19-15]	Ohio Valley [26-10]
22.	Southern Califonia Trojans [21-12]	Pac-10 [12-9]
23.	American Eagles [24-7]	Patriot [13-1]
24.	Mississippi St Bulldogs [23-12]	SEC [9-7]
25.	Chattanooga Mocs [18-16]	Southern [11-9]
26.	Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks [24-7]	Southland [13-3]
27.	North Dakota State Bison [26-6]	Summit [16-2]
28.	Western Kentucky Hilltopers [24-8]	Sun Belt [15-3]
29.	Alabama St Hornets [22-9]	SWAC [16-2]
30.	Utah State Aggies [30-4]	WAC [14-2]
31.	Gonzaga Bulldogs [26-5]	West Coast [14-10]

Pre-Register For 2009 Office Pool

Pre-Register Here

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2009 Tournament Schedule

Welcome Back! The 13th annual OfficePool64.com contest site is up and running. Selection Sunday is less than a week away, I'll be updating the site with the 2009 links this week. There are 30 'automatic bids' to be earned this year and 36 'at large bids'. Cornell of the Ivy League has earn the first spot in the tournament via winning it's regular season championship for the second year in a row. Key Tournament Dates courtesy of NCAA Sports

Pre-Tournament Events
March 15 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS
March 17 - Opening Round game [play in game]

First Weekend Of Games
March 19-20: Round One Games
March 21-22: Round Two Games

Second Weekend Of Games
March 26-27: Round Three Games
March 28-29: Round Four Games

Final Weekend Of Games
April 4: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 6: Round Six, Championship Game