March Madness Staff Brackets: Day Two

Yesterday kicked off March Madness, and it was quite a show. There were plenty of interesting story-lines, but no real signature upsets (although UNC Asheville nearly, and maybe should have, up-ended Syracuse). Unfortunately for the Chowdah Chumps, none of us kept our perfect bracket hopes intact. DRob went 13-3 on the first day, Bobby Booze notched a 10-6 record, and new blogger Average Joe — who you'll see some posts from in the near future — gathered an 11-5 mark. I've included the three of our brackets below, with green marks for correct picks and red for incorrect picks. Joe emailed me his bracket before the games started yesterday, I just didn't get a chance to post it.

Here is a nice, easy spreadsheet for you guys to read with the three of our lineups today. Some interesting variation here. And personally, I'm picking 7 underdogs in 16 games. So wish me luck!

DRob's Updated Bracket:

Bobby Booze's Updated Bracket:

Average Joe's Updated Bracket:

Bookie Tips: Round 2 Madness

Montana vs. Wisconsin

I like Montana with an upset today over Wisconsin so I think the +9 is pretty safe. Plus I don't think the Badgers are that great.Big love for the Big Sky!

The Pick: Montana +9

South Dakota state vs. Baylor 

I can see this one as a close one today South Dakota is underrated. 

The Pick: South Dakota State +8

PS. shes from South Dakota i promise Heather Johansen if you don't believe me look it up.

Gonzaga vs. West Virginia 

I have the Zags in the final four so they better win or I should just fork over my bracket money now. Bob Huggins and his fat chins have no chance today.

The Pick: Zags -1

Let the Madness of March Begin!

March Madness has finally arrived. Bobby Booze and I will be thoroughly following every game and gambling our lives away on brackets, point spreads, over-unders and much more. Right here, I'll post our two brackets (click each bracket for the full size view) followed by a quick and easy table of today's games in chronological order with each of our respective picks. Let's hope for a perfect first day and one step closer to winning the $5 million for making a perfect bracket!

DRob's Bracket:

Bobby Booze's Bracket:

Bookie Tips: March Madness, Round One

For March Madness, I am not going to be able to give a detailed report on why I'm taking who I'm taking until at least the Sweet 16. Way too much going on with midterms and about 30 games. I will have DRob post on Twitter the picks or will have them on a post. I'm riding a hot streak so far in March, so hopefully it can continue into the MADness that is March.

Tonight in the 1st round I am taking the under in both games, a nice little parlay to start the tournament off with a bang.

The Picks: 

Mississippi Valley State vs. Western Kentucky (Under 137 )

Iona vs. BYU (under 161)