Round I — Thursday

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Four people picked VCU in the pool: Sperry, Theresa Ann, KittyKatKevKev, and Liam. KittyKatKev is the only one to pick VCU to the Sweet 16.

Only one person picked Duke into the second weekend. Stoph had the Blue Devils going to the Elite Eight.

There was only one other Elite Eight pick going down and this was a major loss. Truffle the Bulldog had the Gonzaga Bulldogs going to the Championship Game only to lose to the Georgetown Hoyas. It’s Truffles first Citrus Basket and maybe she’ll learn from her big brother that sometimes you don’t pick a team to the Final Four just because their mascot happens to be a Bulldog. I should have known this was coming when I got an email from my niece on Sunday complaining that Georgia didn’t get an at-large bid.

Call it breedism, specieism, or what ever you would like. Truffle had the 4 seed Salukis losing to KU in the Sweet 16 yet had the 10 seed Gonzaga Bulldogs beating the 1 seed Jayhawks in the Elite Eight. Gonzaga to the championship game just wasn’t a very good pick this year Truffle.

Take cousin Kitty’s bracket for instance. She had the Cougars of Washington State, the Tigers from Memphis and the Pitt Panthers going to the Sweet 16 only to lose. All three of those picks would have been reasonable to take to the championship game, yet Kitty picked zero cats to the Elite Eight.

Truffle, maybe Butler will pull off that upset over Florida and you can tell me to stuff it.

15 - 1 // Sperry // Kansas City, MO (missed Xavier)

14 - 2 // Theresa Ann // Rochester, MN
14 - 2 // KittyKatKevKev // Portland, OR

13 - 3 // Van Ness // Portland, OR
13 - 3 // K Dees // Washington DC

12 - 4 // Liam // Kansas City, MO
12 - 4 // Stoph // Washington DC
12 - 4 // Jim // Overland Park, KS
12 - 4 // Gern Blanston // Roca Baton, FL
12 - 4 // Butterworth the Bulldog // Washington DC

11 - 5 // Truffle the Bulldog // Washington DC
11 - 5 // Spurgin // Portland OR
11 - 5 // Bev // Overland Park, KS

9 - 6 // Kitty // Rochester, MN

In the mail:
0 - 0 // Pa O’Neil // Lenexa, KS
0 - 0 // Ma O’Neil // Lenexa, KS
0 - 0 // Edward Feedtime // Lawrence, KS
0 - 0 // Nate Dogg // Lawrence, KS
0 - 0 // Simba // Los Angles, CA
0 - 0 // Argo // Portland, OR
0 - 0 // Victoria // Portland, OR