ugly bulls game tonight. poor shooting, slow, sloppy play, and ben couldn't become the hero. i sure hope deng gets healthy soon.

three pools, three different sheets. is this a good method or bad method?

they're all generally boring pools, which perhaps reflects the fact that i'm tired of dropping 27 bucks (5 to flax, 10 to the office, 10 to high school friends, 2 to dad) with no return.

so the lowest-cost, but highest-publicity flax pool...i went with my gut. illinois-washington-cuse-uconn in the final four, illinois over uconn in the final. the biggest surprise is utah into the round of eight (although i'm fearful of UTEP) and UWM into the sweet 16.

high school friends pool was the one in which i tried to look over matchups (and emphasize senior-ness and experience and depth above all, it seems). okie state-gonzaga-kansas-duke in the four, with okie state over duke in the final. i've got florida knocking off unc, and i've got michigan state getting cuse, and utep getting into the sweet 16. i guess i don't like oklahoma much, for whatever reason.

the office pool has an illinois-wake-cuse-carolina final four, with illinois toppling unc in the final. i've put villanova and nc state to the round of 16, and utah to the round of eight (i guess i don't like oklahoma). i've also got uwm into the 16 (i guess i like mccants) and pitt knocking off washington before falling to ga tech. i've got to imagine this is the most far-fetched...sigh.

nothing else going on.

i'm headed home after work tomorrow, with a birthday-related stop at my grandparents. i'm probably going to watch a day's worth of games and then leave early on friday morning. perhaps a haircut on the parents is in the offing as well. and they've got an old tv that i'm stealing. sigh, again.