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Mar 26: We went from 20 to only 8 after the Sweet 16 and now we've already cut that in half to 4 alive halfway through the Elite Eight. Kansas loses to Oregon, and one Xavier pick for haysie sees him fall out of the pool too. And someone is definitely going to be alive after tomorrow as we have three picks on Florida and one by jsnow22 jumping on the South Carolina bandwagon backing them. Game is at 2:20 Eastern. Good luck to those still alive!
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Mar 24: Ten alive! That's it, just 10 as of right now, halfway through the Sweet 16, and five of those are still pending results tonight pulling for Baylor and North Carolina. Arizona a juicy 7.5 fave attracted eight entries to back them - nope. I personally liked the Michigan pick over Oregon as you can see from my play along, unpaid entry at the bottom - nope. Enjoy the games tonight. Elite Eight schedule does not get entered in the pool until the last Sweet 16 game is final.
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Mar 20: We only dropped two last night thanks to Duke ... or perhaps more accurately, South Carolina on a mission to the Sweet 16. It could have been much worse but Oregon pulled a duck out of their hat to come from behind and beat Rhode Island. Now a break so everyone take a breath! Sweet 16 schedule is in. Deadline Thursday at 7:00pm Eastern. Pick reminder emails should start Tuesday.
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Mar 19: The field seriously thinned yesterday thanks to Florida State, to the point I'm not sure we are going to make it to the Championship game in this pool! We are down to just 22 alive from 58, and I don't think I've ever seen so many #1 seeds used this early. But hey, the tournament is already down one #1 seed, so I can see the rationale. Use 'em if you got 'em (at the right time). Picks are locked in for today and we already lost Louisville to Michigan with no casualties in this one. If you are still alive, good luck!
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Mar 18: Down another 8 after the Friday dust settled. Seven on SMU losing to pesky USC and 1 on Creighton who somehow let Rhode Island beat them. A lot of Baylor picks but otherwise a nice variety. Now you just have to hope the team you picked this round loses Sunday (oh, and stay alive after Saturday of course). Reminder - only one default pick per entry for the length of the pool, so don't forget to make your picks.
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Mar 17: We only lost three the first day on Minnesota so you have an idea what that means.... watch out for the upsets on Day 2! Get your pick in by 12:15pm Eastern on Friday because otherwise you are locked out and will get the default. The default is heavily favoured North Carolina which isn't bad but you might want to save them for later. The Saturday schedule is now in too.
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Classic I sold out by Tuesday so as promised here is Classic II. This is a $40 entry pool, $2,000 grand prize and maximum 58 entries (minimum 44 for the pool to go ahead).

If you are already in Classic I then you can exchange two Classic I entries for one Classic II. Email me if you want to do that, and tell me exactly which entries to switch over.

Deadline for this pool is also noon Eastern Thursday. Good luck!