http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801 If you read the newspaper, you might remember I had a short little column in last Monday's sports section, &quot;10 simple rules for filling out your NCAA&nbsp;bracket.&quot; I'm out of the running for the $1 million in our March Madness contest but I'm holding my own in some other bracket contests. I wanted to do a little experiment this season, so&nbsp;I filled out&nbsp;two brackets.&nbsp;The first one,&nbsp;I just looked over the brackets and filled in without rhyme&nbsp;or reason. The second,&nbsp;I followed my own advice. Believe it or not, I'm doing better when I've followed the 10 rules. I have 13 teams in the Sweet 16, with just one team knocked out of the Elite 8 (Florida State). My Final Four is the same in both brackets (UNC, Memphis, Louisville and Duke) but bracket No. 1 has Memphis defeating UNC in the finals. Bracket No. 2 has top seed UNC defeating second seed Memphis.&nbsp; If you have an office pool or you're playing in one of the national contests, how are you doing? If you read the newspaper, you might remember I had a short little column in last Monday's sports section, &quot;10 simple rules for filling out your NCAA&nbsp;bracket.&quot; I'm out of the running for the $1 million in our March Madness contest but I'm holding my own in some other bracket contests. I wanted to do a little experiment this season, so&nbsp;I filled out&nbsp;two brackets.&nbsp;The first one,&nbsp;I just looked over the brackets and filled in without rhyme&nbsp;or reason. The second,&nbsp;I followed my own advice. Believe it or not, I'm doing better when I've followed the 10 rules. I have 13 teams in the Sweet 16, with just one team knocked out of the Elite 8 (Florida State). My Final Four is the same in both brackets (UNC, Memphis, Louisville and Duke) but bracket No. 1 has Memphis defeating UNC in the finals. Bracket No. 2 has top seed UNC defeating second seed Memphis.&nbsp; If you have an office pool or you're playing in one of the national contests, how are you doing? en-us Mon, 23 Mar 2009 14:10:32 PDT <p>We had a pick the winner contest, my pick was and still is Oklahoma, so I'm still alive in the game.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384423 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384423 <p>We had a pick the winner contest, my pick was and still is Oklahoma, so I'm still alive in the game.</p> <br /> <p>I think OU&nbsp;is going to win it, however, my bracket is completely busted.&nbsp; I had Wake Forest and UCLA in the Final Four.&nbsp; Oh well...there's always next year.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384428 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384428 <p>I think OU&nbsp;is going to win it, however, my bracket is completely busted.&nbsp; I had Wake Forest and UCLA in the Final Four.&nbsp; Oh well...there's always next year.</p> <p>I went 25-7 in Round 1 (damn midwest! 4-4 there) and 14-2 in Round 2 (went w/ Utah and Washington)</p> <p>Last Rites, I have Kansas knocking out Louisville in the semi-final, UConn over Memphis. NC &amp; Duke fill out my Final 4</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384450 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384450 <p>I went 25-7 in Round 1 (damn midwest! 4-4 there) and 14-2 in Round 2 (went w/ Utah and Washington)</p> <p>Last Rites, I have Kansas knocking out Louisville in the semi-final, UConn over Memphis. NC &amp; Duke fill out my Final 4</p> <p>Good Tuesday morning. Jay Leno: 'President Obama picked 14 of the Sweet 16 right. That's pretty good &ndash; better than he did with his Cabinet.' (ESPN is tracking his picks as 'Baracketology.') Leno says President Bush's book about a dozen big decisions in his life will be called '0 for 12.' Source:Politico</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384646 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384646 <p>Good Tuesday morning. Jay Leno: 'President Obama picked 14 of the Sweet 16 right. That's pretty good &ndash; better than he did with his Cabinet.' (ESPN is tracking his picks as 'Baracketology.') Leno says President Bush's book about a dozen big decisions in his life will be called '0 for 12.' Source:Politico</p> <br /> <p>You made me laugh montfred. With what's going on today at work, I didn't think that was possible but thank you.</p> <br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384687 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/LastRites/42801/#c_384687 <p>You made me laugh montfred. With what's going on today at work, I didn't think that was possible but thank you.</p> <br />