RAB Bracket Busters Update

Last week I put together a Yahoo group at the last second for this year’s NCAA Tournament, spending no more than a nano-second thinking up the RAB Bracket Busters nickname. Even though I posted the group info barely an hour before the first tip-off, we still managed to get forty-four people to join.

I’m not overly interested in college basketball, but I do have an idea of what goes on throughout the year. However I followed less than usual this year, so I figured my brackets were going to go boom before the weekend even started. I got lucky though, losing just seven of the thirty-two frst round games, and only one of those losses could haunt me beyond the second round (Wake Forest). The weekend went well, and I’m currently sitting pretty with thirteen of Sweet Sixteen correct (the misses are Wake, Washington, and Texas). I had Washinton in the Elite Eight, which kinda sucks, but whatever.

My Final Four is pretty standard – Louisville, Memphis, Pitt and Oklahoma – as is my Championship matchup (Pitt over Louisville). I’m tied for fifth place in our league with 51 points, and I’m well within striking distance of the leader’s 55 points. The scoring doubles each round (one points in the first round, two points in the second, four in the third, etc), so one game means a big swing now. Current standings are after the jump, if you’re interested.

1. TC09, 55 pts
   Busted on the First Day, 55 pts
2. SAMIAMSPORTS, 54 pts
3. Albany, 53 pts
4. Yankee girl, 52 pts
5. Straight Cash Homey, 51 pts
   Pinstriped Tar Heels, 51 pts
   Last Place, 51 pts
   schmegma, 51 pts
   Mike A.’s Brackets, 51 pts
6. stryker, 50 pts
   CC, 50 pts
   ChairmanoftheBracket, 50 pts
   Bagarai, 50 pts
   Bill R’s Bracket of Awesome, 50 pts
   hdbracket, 50 pts
   The Closer, 50 pts
   E4Yanks, 50 pts
7. A Connecticut Husky (Matt), 49 pts
   What?, 49 pts
   Thomas, 49 pts
   ChrisPsBrackets, 49 pts
   amzgolinksi, 49 pts
8. mtgexecutive, 48 pts
   Bringing Down the Hansbrough, 48 pts
9. nyyanksfan20, 47 pts
   CC the Second, 47 pts
10. BUB RUBB, 46 pts
    Evan C, 46 pts
    TC, 46 pts
11. 12-Piece Bucket Bracket, 44 pts
    Rafi’s Winners, 44 pts
    Cashman is teh suxor!!!11!, 44 pts
    Am I the only Kevin?, 44 pts
12. STEVEcapDC, 43 pts
    Smitt Dogg’s Obstructed Seat, 43 pts
    rbizzler, 43 pts
    Mattingly’s Love Child, 43 pts
    Killa Cam AKA Spacey Sprockets, 43 pts
13. The Gunslinger, 42 pts
    tommiesmithjohncarlos, 42 pts
    Retire 21, 42 pts
14. 161standriver, 40 pts
15. Peter Abraham’s Ego, 39 pts

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