Ladies and gentlemen, the craziest Final Four ever, seen on my AYG #GiantBracket: I thought for sure the bracket would be all boring black text by now. I’m thrilled it’s still colorful and exclamation point-filled. 🙂 Anyway, three years after all four #1 seeds made the Final Four for the first time ever, we have the first ever Final Four… Read more »
@Brendanloy, you do the paperwork I’ll enter the pool? Butler Duke rematch, Butler wins. Higher seed wins others, USC, Asheville, coin flip.7:46 AM Mar 14th via TwitterrificD Lindbergdlindber Dane Lindberg, the son of two Butler alumni, who entered the 16th annual Living Room Times Men’s NCAA Pool via the above tweet (and a follow-up Facebook thread), retook the lead Saturday… Read more »
Dane, you may just win this thing. The Dawgs won’t stop barking! #fate? GO BUTLER!!! BEAT FLORIDA!!! Avenge ’00 and ’07!!! Your move, Richmond and VCU. P.S. R.I.P., Jimmermania. 🙁 P.P.S. Duke sucks.
Heh. Gus has The Jimmer’s game tonight. w00t w00t.
Andrew Long and Jon Caplin — my best man and Becky’s cousin, respectively — are tied atop the 14th annual Living Room Times Women’s NCAA Pool with 200 points out of a possible 240. Each got just 3 first-round games wrong and 4 second-round games wrong. Meanwhile, Jenna (Auriemma) Stigliano, wife of past pool champion Todd Stigliano and daughter of… Read more »
The NIT Final Four is set — Colorado, Alabama, Wichita State and Washington State — and four contestants are still alive to win the 7th annual Living Room Times NIT Pool: Mike Quinn, Jeff Morrison, Matt Thomsen and my 3-year-old daughter, “Loyette.” Quinn, a 2001 Illinois State alum, currently leads with 176 out of a possible 252 points. He got… Read more »
There has been a lot of virtual ink spilled on the topic of the NYT pay wall. Just visit Daring Fireball for a run down of some of the better comments on this. The short of it is this, the pricing model is confusing and complicated, and subscribing to a print edition (either weekdays or Sunday only) will net you… Read more »
I’ve long said Tim Pawlenty is the “Generic Republican” — that mythical figure in the polls, who does better against Obama than actual Republicans with actual name recognition — much like Richard Gephardt was the “Generic Democrat” in 2004 who, in retrospect, would have stood a much better chance against Bush than any of the more exciting but deeply flawed… Read more »
Ken Stern, a USC Trojan and long-time blog reader who lives in Thomaston, Maine, leads the 16th annual Living Room Times Men’s NCAA Pool after the opening weekend, with 193 out of a possible 252 points and a pool-best 12 of the Sweet 16 teams. Among those twelve is VCU, though Stern actually picked USC to beat the Rams in… Read more »
What a great opening four days. Yeah, "my" teams (USC, Gonzaga and Notre Dame) are all gone, but still, a lot to love so far, and a lot to look forward to. I’ll update the pools tomorrow. Must sleep now. Meanwhile, here’s my "As-You-Go" Giant Bracket (larger version here; webcam and explanation here):