NCAA March Madness: SEM Pool
Let the Madness begin... March Madness that is. The top 64 men's college basketball teams were chosen this past Sunday, and if you haven't yet filled out your brackets for your office pool or for your own personal amusement... now is the time to do so. The first round will start this Thursday.
In addition to our normal office pool, I have joined up with several others in the SEO industry and will be competing (mostly for bragging rights) in a March Madness pool for SEMs, SEOs, and other industry folks. The group is called "SEO Gang" and is hosted by Yahoo! Sports. You can check out Matt Mcgee's Small Business SEM Blog for more details on how to sign-up for the SEO pool.
When filling out my bracket, I had to make a couple of really difficult decisions and ended up picking a couple of underdogs to win some very key games. Here are a couple of the upsets that I am predicting:
- First Round: (12) Illinois over (5) Virginia Tech
- First Round: (11) VCU over (6) Duke
- Second Round: (8) Kentucky over (1) Kansas
- Second Round: (6) Louisville over (3) Texas A&M
If you're at all interested in knowing the rest of my game-by-game picks, you can check them out by clicking here for a pop-up screenshot of my bracket. But if you'd rather just cut to the chase... here are my final-four picks:
Happy March Madness to everyone!
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posted by Karl Ribas Tuesday, March 13, 2007 Read Comments (10) | Post a Comment | Subscribe  
 
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10 Comments:
You're going down, Karl!!! I'm gonna crush all of you. :-)
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Matt McGee, at March 13, 2007 6:02 PM
No way man! I'm confident in my picks. It's so on! And don't get any ideas about copying me... I know you thought about it, once you saw and realized how great my bracket is! :-)
Thanks for stopping by, and best of luck (you're so going to need it).
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Karl Ribas, at March 13, 2007 6:28 PM
OMG, Duke is out in the first round? YOU'RE CRAZY! Final Four BABY, IT'S THE DUKIES BABY!!!
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dubz, at March 14, 2007 8:38 AM
No way dubz! Duke is going dowwwwnnnn. Nice upsets Karl!
I'm also liking Pitt in the championship game (for obvious reasons) ;)
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Pratt, at March 14, 2007 8:57 AM
Pitt falls to Duke in Round 2! NC (Tyler Hansbrough is a Sally!) vs. 'sconsin in the FINAL!
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dubz, at March 14, 2007 9:16 AM
Well after looking at your bracket I have to say you must have a pair the size of grapefruits my friend. Pitt in the final. Crazy. Although maybe not as crazy as dubz thinking Duke will do anything in the tourney. Watch out for Kansas and Texas A&M. Good luck regardless.
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Greg, at March 14, 2007 7:27 PM
Nice picks Karl. I'm with you on Illinois and you gotta like VCU. Pittsburgh won't beat Florida though and they'll be playing Ohio State and win. Can I edit this comment in a few weeks?
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David Temple, at March 15, 2007 1:19 AM
OMG, Illinois is NOT going to beat Virginia Tech! That's crazy talk!
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dubz, at March 15, 2007 8:42 AM
David -
If there is one thing we can all expect to be doing in a week, especially after considering the past few NCAA Tournaments, is editing our comments and brackets after the first round of play. This is, and will always be, a tourney for the underdogs.
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Karl Ribas, at March 15, 2007 8:47 AM
How do I delete my previous comments?
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dubz, at March 16, 2007 8:12 AM
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