Hello Cleveland!

The title doesn't make much sense, but those bastards at ESPN.com already took the good Spinal Tap reference for the NCAA Tournament ("This one goes to 11" for George Mason's seed), so here we are.

What a bizarre 24-hour period for the tournament... I went from feeling like I had pretty much nailed down a title in every group I was in (thanks to UCLA making it to the Final Four with UConn and Villanova still to play) to the "Oh shit" moment when my would-be champion lost to a freaking 11 seed today, to having my last Final Four team (Nova) lose and actually having that help me win.

I'm in first place right now in the group sponsored by the guys at Midwest Bias and no one else has any possible points remaining so I win. Hooray. Naturally, there is no money whatsoever riding on this pool.

I'm also feeling pretty good about the pool at work (valuable cash and prizes definitely in play in that one), but don't have access to everyone else's brackets, so that's nothing more than a guess.

You know it's a crazy year a decidedly mediocre first two rounds, plus losing two Final Four teams in three hours (including the would-be champion) still puts you in the 96th percentile of ESPN's brackets.