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.
- TC09, 55 pts
Busted on the First Day, 55 pts - SAMIAMSPORTS, 54 pts
- Albany, 53 pts
- Yankee girl, 52 pts
- Straight Cash Homey, 51 pts
Pinstriped Tar Heels, 51 pts
Last Place, 51 pts
schmegma, 51 pts
Mike A.’s Brackets, 51 pts - 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 - A Connecticut Husky (Matt), 49 pts
What?, 49 pts
Thomas, 49 pts
ChrisPsBrackets, 49 pts
amzgolinksi, 49 pts - mtgexecutive, 48 pts
Bringing Down the Hansbrough, 48 pts - nyyanksfan20, 47 pts
CC the Second, 47 pts - BUB RUBB, 46 pts
Evan C, 46 pts
TC, 46 pts - 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 - 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 - The Gunslinger, 42 pts
tommiesmithjohncarlos, 42 pts
Retire 21, 42 pts - 161standriver, 40 pts
- Peter Abraham’s Ego, 39 pts
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