April 5, 2000

Final standings are posted. Congratulations to Scott Hill who was the only contestant to correctly predict that Florida would make it to the finals along with Michigan St. As a result, he had a convincing ten point victory over Justin Grubbs. Scott Dudley wins the second chance pool and Russell Swearingen the women's pool. Additional congratulations go out to Spencer Hoopes who managed to come in last place in the main pool, only 50 points behind the winner. Thanks everyone who participated.

April 2, 2000

I had a little break between trips and was able to update the reports through the semifinals. I think the standings are pretty easy to determine. A few tiebreaker spots but not many. I'll have everything updated Wednesday.

March 31, 2000

I will be out of town through Wednesday, April 5th, and therefore will be unable to update any reports until that time. Sorry for the inconvenience.

March 21, 2000

The sweet sixteen is now set  for both the men's and the women's brackets. Lot 's of good upsets in the second round. Current leader in the men's bracket is John Sichter, who won it all last year. Unfortunately for him, he picked Temple to win it all so it will be difficult for him to stay at the top. In fact, about 100 entries have already had their projected champion fall. As a result and similar to 1998, there will be a second chance pool. Yours truly is leading the ladies bracket but only because Louisiana Tech hit two free throws with two seconds remaining to win by one point last night.

March 15, 2000

I want to thank everyone who has turned in an entry so far. It's 10:00 pm and I've already set a record for number of entries in both the men's (192) and women's (11) pools. I'll expect even more entries in the morning. For the women's pool, the pot will be split 70% to first and 30% to second. Tomorrow evening I'll post the final number of entries and begin the scoring updates. I will update the standings each night after the final game. If I'm around, I'll do it a little more often.

March 12, 2000

It looks like the software is going to work great. All you need to do is click on the "Entry Form" link and then fill out your brackets. Click the submit button and I'll soon receive your picks via e-mail. You can also print that page for your own records. I've already got one entry (from my daughter -- but it looks good).

February 20, 2000

I just got the updated software and it looks like this will be the easiest year yet for submitting picks. Within 24 hours of the pairings being announced you will be able to submit your picks in one of three manners: (a) submitting directly from this website; (b) using the software similar to last year; or (c) if you are still old school you can fax them to me. More information will be coming soon.