Round Two Is Over

Four straight days of intense tournament basketball games is finally over. And yes, like I say every year, this is the best weekend of basketball of the year.

Florida Gulf Coast looks really good. First #15 seed to advance to the field of 16 in tournament history by taking out #2 Georgetown and #7 San Diego State. Hopefully you were able to see this team play, they put out a tremendous effort and rightfully won their first two tournament games in their history. They'll face #3 seed Florida Gators next. Florida vs Florida GC. Can't wait. So how many pick sheets had FGCU winning in the second round, only two. Nicely done.

I've looked at quite a few of the pick sheets and the one section that we all struggled with was the West. All that remains is the 2, 6, 9, & 13 seed. Not surprising this bracket has the most red colored team names.

With the second round completed now, Bill Jervis holds a 2 point lead with 86 points. We have two more weekends of games yet to go, but this is a good position to be in.

Check the current standings page to see where you stand.

Round One Has Completed

Round one has completed and three pick sheets have lost their championship team already, ouch!

What a difference between the two days of games. Thursday's games pretty much finished like they should have, couple mild upsets. Friday on the other hand was insane. Hats off to the 95 of you who selected Ole Miss over Wisconsin, I didn't see that one coming. Georgetown losing to Florida Gulf Coast, surprisingly 5 of you picked that one right, how?

Our tournament standings after round one was 25 correctly picked games out of 32. This was done by fourteen pick sheets. Eighteen pick sheets correctly picked 24 games and it tapers off from there.

Friday evening I was able to watch many of the evening games with friends. The early batch of games at a co-workers going away party, followed by the late games with a half dozen or so friends. We had two screens setup, one for the Minnesota game and the other for the Iowa St game. I know, Iowa State. While watching the games, we were talking about how long CBS has had the rights to broadcast the games. None of us could recall a time when the games were not on CBS. So, I did a bit of research and discovered that they've obtained the rights way back in 1982 from NBC, who had aired it since 1969. My quota of useless information is completed.

College Basketball on CBS. (2013, March 16). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 18:45, March 23, 2013, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Basketball_on_CBS

2013 Office Pool Contest Is Live

Deadline: Tip-Off, March 19 @ 12:30 PM [EST]
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2013 Tournament Office Pool Brackets
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2013 Tournament Dates

Pre-Tournament Events
March 17 - Selection Sunday @ 5:00 CST on CBS

First Week Of Games
March 19-20: 4 Play-In Games
March 21-22: Round One Games
March 23-24: Round Two Games

Second Weekend Of Games
March 28-29: Round Three Games
March 30-31: Round Four Games

Final Weekend Of Games
April 6: Round Five, Semi-Finals
April 8: Round Six, Championship Game

NCAA Division I Men's Tournament Dates (2013). Retrieved from http://www.ncaa.com/sports/basketball-men/d1

Automatic Bids - Conference Tournament

Conference	Winner [record]
ACC	Miami Hurricanes [27-6]
American East	Albany Grate Danes [24-10]
Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast Eagles [24-10]
Atlantic 10	Saint Louis Billikens [27-6]
Big East	Louisville Cardinals [29-5]
Big Sky	Montana Grizzlies [25-6]
Big South	Liberty Flames [15-20]
Big Ten	Ohio State Buckeyes [26-7]
Big 12	Kansas Jayhawks [29-5]
Big West	Pacific Tigers [22-12]
Colonial	James Madison Dukes [20-14]
Conference USA	Memphis Tigers [30-4]
Horizon	Valparaiso Crusaders [26-7]
Ivy League	Harvard Crimson [19-9]
MAAC	Iona Gaels [20-13]
MAC	Akron Zips [26-6]
MEAC	North Carloina A&T Aggies [19-16]
Missouri Valley	Creighton Bluejays [27-7]
Mountain West	New Mexico Lobos [29-5]
Northeast	LIU-Brooklyn Blackbirds [20-13]
Ohio Valley	Belmont Bruins [26-6]
Pac-12	Oregon Ducks [26-8]
Patriot	Bucknell Bison [28-5]
SEC	Ole Miss Rebels [26-8]
Southern	Davidson Wildcats [26-7]
Southland	Northwestern State Demons [23-8]
Summit	South Dakota State Jackrabbits [25-9]
Sun Belt	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers [20-15]
SWAC	Southern Jaguars [23-9]
WAC	New Mexico State Aggies [24-10]
West Coast	Gonzaga Bulldogs [31-2]