Oh boy. I lost another two Elite Eight teams with Notre Dame and Villanova losing (Big East representing). That means three-eighths of my Elite Eight and one-fourth of my Final Four (Notre Dame) are gone. Other than that, I went 12-4 on day two. I'm currently at 25.8 percent in the ESPN Tournament Challenge. Once again, not too bad. I think I should note that the only upset that I correctly picked -- which was barely an upset -- was (9) Purdue over (8) Arizona. (Next year, I am curbing all upset picks in the first round.)

Let me over analyze this... If Wisconsin and Florida go far, my Notre Dame pick out of the St. Louis division will work itself out, number-wise. Likewise, if Pitt does the same out of San Jose, and as I mentioned UNC out of East Rutherford, the numbers won't be too bad, when all is said and done.

You can never guess them all -- the only time I really did well was in 2003 when Syracuse won the national championship and I had (you guessed it) Syracuse taking home top prize. You can only hope for the best. But with that being said, I really don't give two shits about my bracket. First off, I don't put money on it; never have. Not because it is illegal, but because it takes the fun out of the tournament. Instead of rooting for UPenn to pull off the upset over Texas A&M during the game, I'd be forced to root for A&M because I had money on the line. That is not the way I roll. Secondly, I love to root for upsets, even if it kills my bracket. That is why I will be rooting for Purdue over Florida and UNLV over Wisconsin in the second round. Plus, Southern Illinois over VaTech, not because it would be an upset (it wouldn't be), just because I can't stand VaTech.

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