And Then There Was Sixteen

For this years office pool, we have 111 pick sheets entered into the bracket contest. In 2021, we had 99. In 2019, there was 102. The Standings are current, with the links above to see where you rank.

With the second round of games ending last weekend, the Players Scenarios link is now live. This calculates your best and worst finish, plus lets you know who you need to root for to get your best finish.

The Sweet Sixteen round of games starts back up this evening. We have four games on Thursday, four games on Friday to complete the third round. 

Thursday's Games

• Gonzaga vs Arkansas - 6:09 (CBS)
• Villanova vs Michigan - 6:29 (TBS)
• Duke vs Texas Tech - 8:39 (CBS)
• Arizona vs Houston - 8:59 (TBS)

Friday's Games

• Purdue vs St Peters - 6:09 (CBS)
• Kansas vs Providence - 6:29 (TBS)
• UCLA vs N Carolina - 8:39 (CBS)
• Miami (FL) vs Iowa St - 8:59 (TBS)

** All times are US/Central

We Are Though First Round Of Games

Thank you to everyone for submitting your brackets. We ended up with 111 pick sheets for the 2022 contest. That should be around $1030 in collections. We are through the first round of games with Kentucky the highest seed to be eliminated.

I started writing this out during the Baylor vs North Carolina game, when it was well out of hand. Baylor was down by 25 points. I missed the player ejection, but was glued to the game pretty much from that point on. An hour later, and I'm just starting this email again. What a game it was to watch, but we did lost our first #1 seed.

If you are new to this pool, the web standings update once per hour, on the hour, after a game has completed. The direct links are above.

I have collected the majority of the entry fees. Just a few more to go before everyone is paid. I'll add the payment info to this email, so please get your entry fees in if you have not. 

2022 Bracket64 Challenge Begins

Entries are now being accepted for the 26th Bracket64 Challenge. If you are participating in this years contest, please have all your pick sheets submitted by tip-off of the first game on Thursday.

The pairings were announced just minutes ago and the 2022 Bracket64 Challenge is underway. Once again there are 68 teams selected in the official tournament bracket. However, we will start out contest when they are down to 64 teams. Our first game that matters this year is back to Thursday!! 

DEADLINE: March 17 @ 11:30 AM [CT]
ENTRY FEE: $10.00 per pick sheet

Enter Your Picks Here

Bracket Notes

• Make sure you hit the SUBMIT PICKS BUTTON at the bottom of the bracket page, or your picks will not be entered into the pool.
• If you are submitting more than one bracket, please place a number after your name to make it unique, or it will overwrite your submitted pick sheet. Example: Timmy 1, Timmy 2, Timmy 3

Printable Office Pool Bracket

If you want to figure your bracket on paper first, like I always do, I have a printable bracket available in PDF format using Adobe Reader, plus a graphic version as well. The PDF version prints out bigger, I recommend to grab that one first. 

2022 Printable March Madness Bracket - PDF

2022 Printable March Madness Bracket - HTML

 

2022 Office Pool Pick Sheet