Well, unlike our first game, there would be no comebacks. The Duke Blue Devils jumped out to a big lead and never looked back, as they defeated Alabama 85-65.

So, half the Final Four is set – with them both being the top seed from the region. Will we see any upsets tomorrow – we still haven’t seen one this weekend……

Congratulations to our current leaders. In the Standard Pool, Debbe Evans leads with 1010 points. She is followed in a tie for 2nd by both of Andrea Zimmerman’s picks (20 pts behind), 4th by Ryan Zotti (40 pts behind), a tie for 5th between Kevin Busby and both of Earl McKnight’s picks (50 pts behind), and rounding out the top 10 in a tie for 8th is Dave Evans, Amy Lacks and Lowell Isaacs.

The top 10 is important to note for two reasons – 10th is the last prize that gets awarded. But also because at the moment, those 10 are the only people who are beating the Lunatic – he is tied for 11th just 70 pts behind.

In the upset pool, Ashley Peterson maintains her lead at 266 points. In a tie for second is Debbe Evans and Scott Grimes (both 20 pts behind). Jerry Caldwell (39 pts behind) is all alone in 4th just one point ahead of our 5th place tie between Blake Viera, Kevin Busby, and John Franklin.

In our second chance pool, could we actually see perfection. There are still 20 people with perfect brackets – which considering we listed everyone out yesterday and it is late, we will just congratulate everyone on their continued perfection.

Good luck to everyone tomorrow as the Big 12 champion plays Tennessee at 2:20 pm and we finish with SEC champion Auburn playing Big 10 champion Michigan State at 5:05 pm.