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OK, so I’ve had a bad day. Not only is my team out but I’m also bringing up the rear in my own pool! Yuck. But hey. Lotta time left. Don’t count me out! Here are the results of day one:
Points are awarded by round. Each win in round 1 is worth 1 point. Round 2 is worth 2, and so on.
Guesswho – 14
Joseph – 14
Scott Bakalar – 13
GoHeelsGo – 13
Paul Ackerman – 12
Jerid Kurtz – 12
Eric Vessels #2 – 12
Eric Vessels #1 [...]
OK hoops fans. This is it. The final call for bracket entries. You must have your picks in by 11:55am tomorrow. The pool will be locked in after that time.
Enter a bracket here:
http://track-a-bracket.com/join/pool/pp2008
password: plunderpool
We have 6 players so far. Like to get at least 10 in. I’m tellin’ ya. There will be prizes! Don’t miss out.
I know Joe wanted some tips so here it goes for the non-bracketologists:
Pick all 1 and 2 seeds to advance. Pencil in North Carolina, Memphis, UCLA, Kansas, Tennessee, Texas, Georgetown, and Duke. I’d also probably pick [...]
Full Story... →This won’t be the last time I remind peeps that the brackets are available for the first annual PlunderPool. Make sure to get your bracket in. Everyone is welcome and I’ll accept up to two pick sheets from each person who enters (so do up a whacky bracket along with your most serious picks). We are working on some cool prizes…and who wouldn’t want to say they won the inaugural PlunderPool NCAA bracket contest?
So come one. Current players include:
Jason S.
Paul Ackerman
Jerid Kurtz
Scott Bakalar
and me
If you blog, put up a [...]
Full Story... →OK, so I’ve already given myself the segue from politics to college basketball. So let’s talk some college hoops for a bit (at least until the first week of April and for sure all this next week!).
I’ve set up a tournament pool online and you are invited to join. All are welcome (yes, even you conservative types and Hillary supporters LOL). You will be asked for a password to keep the random people out. Use “plunderpool”. We’ll have some fun with it and everyone probably agrees we’ll need something to temporarily take some of our focus off [...]
Full Story... →HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Heralded prospect Patrick Patterson made the wait worthwhile by committing to Kentucky on Wednesday, the last day of the monthlong spring signing period. He picked UK over Duke and two-time defending national champion Florida.
Bluegrass hoops is on the way back up:
Patterson and another spring recruit, guard Alex Legion, give UK its customary top-shelf talent, according to Oettinger, who works for the Prep Stars recruiting service.
See ya’ll in mid-November!
PS: Skilz!
Full Story... →Budget Watch
