First off, here are my picks. I went out on a limb with Temple (yikes!) and Baylor, but you have to go against the grain in a few games or it's no fun, and I don't like the Big Ten, so I said what the heck. I feel pretty good about my other choices. The only other team that I'm scared that I may have over-rated is Louisville. I'm not traditionally very lucky in this, so don't use my picks in your office pool. I already missed by trusting Coppin State's late season surge.

Speaking of office pools, I got an email yesterday about turning in a bracket at my office, so I took my picks down to the lady who is getting our thing together. This was our conversation (paraphrased):

Lady: "that was fast, you didn't put a lot of thought into that, did you." 

Me: "I've been keeping up with it this season."

Lady: "You know you have until Thursday."

Me: "I don't think I need to wrestle with it that long."

Lady: "Well, when I fill out brackets, I really think about it because I want to win. But whatever.... If you don't care...."

Me: "I think I'll be alright."

Brooklynne and I had a good laugh about that last night.

Another note on my brackets--I always pick UNC to win no matter how good or bad we are, and I will normally automatically advance Montana State and GMU at least one round. However, the bobcats did not make it, and GMU is on probation after its rude behavior of two years ago.

Also, if you've been wanting to see UNC's first round matchup, you can watch highlights of the play-in game here:  http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/ver/256.0/popup/index.php?cl=7038119. Looks like we may have to dust off our perimeter defense again.