I shudder to think of my pool's standings tomorrow. I am not excited to see myself down in 20th place.

I mentioned elsewhere what my brackets looked like.

I picked a few variations in the various pools I did, including the freebie ESPN, Sporting News, etc., pools. I'm toast in most of those except for one thing -- I had picked UCLA to win it all. That leaves me alive there, at least for now.

I expected UCLA vs. Texas, but Texas is gone. LSU looks tough. Big Baby is a man. Shaq Jr. if you will. He and his team are tough, and they are gonna give UCLA fits. I hope I'm able to be hoping for a UCLA win in the finals, but I don't know.

I had expected U-Conn to slide through. BC was also a favorite pick in my pools. Neither is there, and George Mason, a team I expected would be out after a game is still there.

I didn't have Villanova getting as far as they did, and didn't expect Florida to get past the final four. I could be right about Florida, but they're going up against Mason. I wish Mason all the best, as I'm sure it'll wreck a few more brackets along the way

Yep, pretty stunning tourney (and disappointing for me).

And who in their right mind picked George Mason?

Oh I bet some GMU fans (the real ones, not the ones like me who are just rooting for an underdog) picked them.

Of my Final 4, one is still alive.  UCLA. So given how you did, that makes me in the upper 75% of prognosticators?

Oh I bet some GMU fans (the real ones, not the ones like me who are just rooting for an underdog) picked them.

Sure did. As soon as I heard they'd lucked into the tournament in the first place.

Of course, I'm one of those diehard fans that put the NY Giants in the Super Bowl in 2004 (6-10 for the year, shudder).

As a proud (if former) member of the GMU student body, I say, "Good for them." Maybe someone outside Virginia will actually find out what CAA stands for.

Gah - Doublepost monster strikes again.

Of my Final 4, one is still alive. UCLA.

My wife still has Florida.

My wife still has Florida.

She is not going to be popular south of the state line.

next time just mail me the five bucks and pretend you are gambling. eh eh eh eh

---And who in their right mind picked George Mason?---

On ESPN.com free contest they said out of over 3 million entries over 1800 picked George Mason in their Final Fours.

---Maybe someone outside Virginia will actually find out what CAA stands for.---

We do know. It stands for Connecticut Assassin Association.

Out of the 10 plus brackets I filled out I have only one that is still in the running. In it I still have LSU, UCLA and Florida, but unfortunately, I have UConn winning it all. My only chance is for George Mason to win it all and hope no one still alive in that contest picked GMU.

GO PATRIOTS!