Hey guys,

 
Sorry for not letting you know sooner (hard at work in the office as always), but I thought I'd let you know why there isn't a March Madness competition yet.

 
Well, it's really simple. Last year was a lot of work and I'm lazy. It was ambitious (and a lot of fun!), but perhaps a stretch to do the whole bracket from start to finish, and we've got a lot more people around these parts now than we did then.

 
So, with that in mind, we're going to join the competition when we're down to the last 8, and go from there. Sound good? Anyway, how are you guys, I feel like I haven't spoken to you in forever...?

68 of anything is too much.

We've all been hard at work too.

Funny and honest--just what most ladies like.

old, fat, and ugly.

We'll know the Sweet 16 as of this Sunday March 19th...  Sweet 16 games don't begin until Thursday, 3/23... That gives people 3 full days to get their picks in.  

Make it simple:  Predict the final four participants, the two finalists and the national champion. Award Days for each level.

If you try and run it from the elite 8, its going to be a little tricky as not all teams qualify on the same day.  You'll know four of the elite 8 teams late Thursday evening (they play on Saturday for the right to go to the final 4) but you won't know the other four elite 8 teams until Friday evening (they play on Sunday).  

So you'd have to have the competition open as of late Friday (3/24) with the first of the elite games set to begin less than 24 hours later... Not really enough time for all to participate.  

The Sweet 16 is much easier...and more time to enter.  

My thoughts...take it for what its worth