Final Four

Another fun weekend of basketball!  As always, we start by congratulating our leader, and there's a new queen in town -- Queen Bean!  Congrats to Jeannie, one of the Mimosa OGs, for taking over the top spot as we head into the Final Four!  Here's how the rest of the top 10 looks right now (full standings here)

On thing that Illinois learned this weekend is that you actually have to score periodically if you want to compete with a team like UConn.  After a pretty tight start to the game, UConn managed to rattle off THIRTY POINTS IN A ROW against the Illini. Tough to come back from that.  Here's the run if you missed it:

Oh, and Duke was poised for yet another return to the Final Four.  11th seeded NC State had other ideas, however, with even its youngest fans getting in on the action:

I am stunned to report that the Mascot Bracket is KILLING IT this year.  It's tied for 14th place, just out of the money.  Perhaps more importantly, however, this bracket, which was filled out over dinner with my kid at Disneyland using the most ridiculous strategy imaginable, has outperformed the overwhelming majority of us, including those of you that spent hours researching matchups and running your own custom algorithms to select your picks.  Better luck next year!

Our friend Snoop Dogg has taken a bit of a tumble in the standings after the weekend's games, but he's out of the running anyway.  Turns out getting high AF before making your picks isn't a great strategy.  Still better than nearly a third of you, though.  

How would you have done if you just picked the favorites?  Well out of the running.  The ALL CHALK bracket sits squarely at the middle of the pack.  Not embarassing, but nowhere near the money line, highlighting the need to get those upsets right to do well.'

That's all for now, I need to get to work.  Good luck the rest of the way!