The brackets have been announced, and the website is ready to go.   Just remember to register first – because people change their information, I do not store logins from previous years.  Once you register, you can enter your picks!

The full rules are on the link to the side.  For those of you new to the site, the Stomp the Lunatic contest is a standard NCAA bracket contest – you can enter up to two brackets.  Each entry has the chance to win based on a standard scoring system (incremental points are awarded for each round) and an upset scoring system (points are awarded based on the seed that wins).

This year, thanks to my wonderful wife, Elizabeth, I have added a print button for the brackets – only available on the viewing pages.  From the viewing page, if you click the print button, it should print out your picks onto one page.  It is only from the viewing pages from the brackets (or eventually, the standings), because I did not want to take a chance that a bracket did not get submitted from the entry page.  Hopefully, it works well for everyone.

Since it is getting close to my kids’ bedtime, I will send out an email later to everyone with the full rules.  I will also update the final 5 games into the schedule file, create the cheat sheets page for those of us who don’t want to build a model to predict the games, and potentially even rant about the mistakes the Selection Committee made (we’ll see how late I want to stay up tonight).  When knowing that sleep deprivation is on the way for the Lunatic, I am not sure that I want to go into the week without sleep.

But who are we kidding – it is that sleep-deprived, delusional Lunatic that we love to stomp.  Good luck to everyone in STOMPING THE LUNATIC!!!!!