And we're back

Hey Guys -

So I'm back on-line for the first time since adding a new member to the family. I figured I'd update everyone on where we're at with the pools before tomrorow.

First - here's the new member of our family - The Rollins Family and Gopher Nation...Jace Gregory Rollins


Everything is going great - Mom and Baby are doing really well.

On to the brackets:
1) 5-man challenge on the website:
Roe is leading the way in points and hit 12 of 16 w/all E8 left
Bomb hit 13 of 16 and lost Wake from his Elite 8
MK hit 13 of 16 and also lost WF from E8
JR hit 12 of 16 but only has 6 of the E8 left (WV and ASU suck A$$)
JG hit only 8 of 16, but all 8 are also in his E8...so you're telling me there's a chance...

Lots left to play for - but that's where we are right now. I'm sure it will come down to the final weekend as that's where the most points can be won.

2) Random Team Bracket
Here's how the points sit so far:
JR 12 JG 16 MK 16 MR 6
1 NC UCONN LOU PITT
2 DUKE MSU OK MEM
3 SYR KAN NOVA MIZZ
4 WF 0 XAVIER WASH 2 GONZAGA
5 UTAH 0 PUR FSU 0 ILL 0
6 UCLA 2 AZST 2 MARQ 2 WV 0
7 TEXAS 2 CLEM 0 CAL 0 BC 0
8 BYU 0 OKST 2 OHIOST 0 LSU 2
9 TEN 0 BUT 0 A&M 4 SIENNA 4
10 USC 4 MARY 4 MICH 4 MIN 0
11 UTST 0 VCU 0 DAY 4 TEMPLE 0
12 WIS 4 WKY 4 UNI 0 ARIZ
13 MISSST 0 CLEVST 4 AKRON 0 PORTST 0
14 NDST 0 CORNELL 0 SFAUST 0 AMERICA 0
15 CSNORTH 0 BING 0 RMORRIS 0 MORGST 0
16 ETNST 0 RADFORD 0 CHATT 0 MOORHD 0

JG has 5 teams left in the final 16
MR has 5 left in the Sweet 16
JR has 3 left
MK has 3 left

The only sure fire upset points remaining are for MR-ARIZONA and JG-PURDUE

Here's what the next couple of day's matchups look like:

LOU-MK
AZ-MR

KAN-JG
MSU-JG

UCONN-JG
PUR-JG

MIZZ-MR
MEM-MR

PITT-MR
XAVIER-JG

NOVA-MK
DUKE-JR

NC-JR
GONZ-MR

SYR-JR
OK-MK

So Roe and JG will each definitely be losing a team in Round 3 since they play against themselves (once for Roe, 2x for JG).

As a reminder - you get 4 points for a team losing in Sweet 16 (double for upset teams), 6 points for an E8 loss, 8 for a Final 4 loss, 10 for a title game loss, and 15 for having the Champion

Too many possibilities to go over at this point - more info on Saturday.

In other news - GOPHERS Spring Ball started yesterday. No major news coming out of camp just yet, but this will be a hot topic, at least for this guy, for the next month until the Spring Game. Don't forget APR 25th - be there!

That's all I got - hope everything is good with you guys and good luck this weekend!