Long Live Frank Fixaris!

Memphis hurt me in my pools but I think they hurt a few people.

Yeah, I stupidly put them in the final 4, dammit! Oh well. At the very least that stupid Memphis fan that calls the afternoon show all the time is feeling pretty bad about now.

There's still hope for you. If UConn gets knocked off by Mizzou and Oklahoma makes the final four, you will catch him.

So you're telling me there's a chance... YEAH!!!!

I didn't watch any of the games last night, but I did see the highlights this morning, and didn't pick up on this until just now. Two of the games last night were played in Boston in the Garden. That's not the news...I was aware of this already. I just realized that in watching the highlights, I couldn't figure out which ones were the games played in Boston. Why is that?

NO PARQUET!!!! WTF?

I would think that would be sacrilegious to have a basketball game in the Garden and not play on the parquet. I know it's the "new" Garden and there isn't the tradition of the old Garden, but the parquet is still an institution. How lame that the NCAA would truck in their own generic floor. The game might as well have been played in Iowa. Who watching on TV would know the difference?

If it weren't for keeping an eye on the bracket thing, I really wouldn't give two craps about this tournament at all.

They wiped the arena clean. Did you see anything missing from the rafters?

I think their excuse is that they want to 'keep it neutral', but I think they missed the point. Some teams play right outside their home city which is MUCH less neutral than playing in the garden.

Who in Boston is going to have any kind of "home" advantage? Hell, BC could have played a Sweet 16 game at CONTE FORUM last night and it couldn't have been more neutral. Boston is no college sports town..no one gives a [bleep].

Give the kids a chance to play on the historic parquet.

Even if BC were playing in the garden, the advantage wouldn't be the banners or the parquet, it would be the fact that they are 15 minutes from campus!! It's pretty irritating. Not to mention, wouldn't it be cheaper than having to redo everything?

Why does Kansas always seem to find a way to frig up my bracket? I SOOO ALMOST picked Mich.St. because Kansas always screws me over. Dammit!

Hehe, this actually is turning into one of the best tourneys I've watched in long time.

I still think Uconn, Louisville and UNC get to the final 4, and the Pitt-Villa game will be a great contest.

How this won't come down to Louisville-UNC I don't know. They look insane right now. If that happens, that will be one hell of a game.

ZZZZZZOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!!!

Look out above!

Wow, I've dropped way off. And this is the only pool I'm in where I still have my champ alive. Ouch.

Down goes Pitt, and down goes my third and final champion. Well, at least we won't have four #1s in the Final Four again.

Tom Izzo has done a great job. The final four should be fun.

Too right he has. And he's my only shot in this thing.

I think I have this right...

If UNC wins out, Scott wins the pool.
If UConn wins out, Lex wins.
If Michigan State wins out, I win.
If 'Nova beats UConn in the final, Jalbs wins.
If 'Nova beats Michigan State in the final, Roaddie wins.
The rest of you...you're screwed.

So there you go, everyone has their teams to root for.

Personally, despite still being "alive" in this thing, I'm looking more forward to the Frozen Four a week from Thursday. I'm going to have much more fun watching that.

Wow. Dead last with not a single Final Four team correct...

First of all, I'd like to thank my wife and my baby, I couldn't have done this without their support. My parents, the rest of my family, thanks to all of you. I'd like to thank ESPN for making this possible - thanks Worldwide Leader. Speaking of leaders, I'd like to thank the big man upstairs, who created everything in the universe including free March Madness pools - you're the best Jesus! And finally, I'd like to thank my fellow LLFFers, for without them, I never would've be able to accomplish this. Turn that music off, I'm almost done! And thanks to Linc, who, with Jesus's help, set up this pool which ultimately allowed me to do this. You're the best Linc! Thank you all!

Zounds! I thought I was dead with the Sooners, though I knew the 'Nova win over Pitt could only help. Thanks for doing this RedHawk.

I had a good weekend, moving up about 65 percentiles and passing about 3 million people. I'm not too proud to back into a victory in this pool.

Nice comeback Roaddie.

I guess I'll root for all four teams to be determined ineligible!

I'm rooting for Villanova, they seem to be hot at the right moment.

And I cannot believe Louisville crapped out the way they did. Wow.

A #2, a #3 and two #1's. I thought this would be a crap tourney and it's turning out to be one of the best I've witnessed in a while. Usually it's exciting up until the elite 8, and then it gets a little predictable. The teams that upset in the sweet 16 wind up getting trounced by a #1 seed or something.

No HUGE upsets, but it is good to see only 2 #1 seeds. No Duke. No Rick Pitino. And I'm still on edge from the Nova-Pittsburgh game.

I am rooting for 'nova too. Only because my cousin in-law who is a close friend went there.

I'm also rooting for Nova. I loathe UNC, I'm tired of Jim Calhoun, and while Tom Izzo is a great coach, I still hold a grudge against Michigan St because Magic beat Bird. Sooooo, GO NOVA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BTW, man was it pleasurable to see Pitino get bounced.

Obviously Im rooting for UNC, though if Michigan State wins the whole thing I win like $160, but Id much rather have my team win. Lawson vs Reynolds will probably be the best matchup of all.

Well, add Lex and Jalbs to the "rest of you". If the halftime score holds in the other game, Roaddie will be out too and it'll be down to just me and Scott.

I have to admit this is the first time I've been alive this late in any pool, and I've been doing bracket pools since I was in high school. Last time I was this invested in the Michigan State Spartans, I was playing March Madness '98 in my dorm room.

Well, back to ignoring college hoops for another 50 weeks!

Miserable. I can't stand UNC and now I get to listen to my wife dog me for a year just like she dogged me when her Giants beat the Pats. The sports Gods are killing me.

That's why god invented divorce! Totally j/k!

Don't sweat it. The giants are a shoe-in to finish 8-8, and the Pats will be hard pressed to lose 2 games, and are definitely going to be the favs to win it all.

Who does she root for in baseball because I can arbitrarily make a case for them to finish under .500 too! As long as it's not the Sox.

She's a Sox, Bruins, and Celts fan. Her dad is a Giants fan so that explains her allegiance there. She's been a UNC fan as long as I've known her. I knew of these faults when I married her.

be happy she's a sports fan. My wife just complaining about what a douche Tom Brady is, how I should boycott football if Vick is allowed back in the league, and what a waste of time it is to even watch a sporting event.

But I do get to watch as much figure skating and equestrian as I want. Woo. Hoo.

Congrats to Scott for winning our espn pool. I finished a distant 2nd. One of my entries was actually in the 99.2 percent. I had the championship game correct.

And a big shout out to me, who had zero points after the Sweet 16. It took a lot of hard work and dedication to pick a pool that badly...