Edwin MacPhisto

I weep for Belmont. I need at least one 13-seed or lower to win to really love a tournament.

I still really like Illinois. Overblown and at times excessively cute, sure, but I actually find his voice really compelling. The quieter moments like "The Predatory Wasp of the Palisades" and "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." have held up best.

Same, except my money pool has Tennessee instead of UNC. We have 15 people in the pool, and only Memphis, UNC, and UCLA have been picked to win the whole thing. First time I've been in one that homogeneous, particularly one that includes both die-hard fans and girls who can't name 2 conferences. Another guy and I have the exact same bracket for the entire tournament except for 4 games. Temple/MSU today was one of them. You're mine, Fred! I'll let the question carry, cause it's obviously meant for a few responses.

Wait, so why isn't Kentucky getting called for intentional fouls? That's twice in a row they've fouled off the ball, and done it very obviously.

Yeah, I totally thought that was a mistake on the part of the CBS graphics crew. They're about to be downgraded to the Leaden Flashes.

Driving more efficiently = both living and working at the bottom of large hills.

Motherfucking phew on that one.

Yep. It's back now, sounding kind of outer-spacey.

I'm not getting any. I can't remember if last year had it or not.

Amazingly, the quality of MMOD this year is even better. The video screen is gigantic for streaming video.

Good album. But "Last Goodbye" as a drinking song? That's one weird drinking song. Like, drinking yourself to death song.

I did mine based on teams that beat the shit out of Virginia's miserable team this year. Clemson, UNC, Xavier--welcome to the Final Four!

Those were some played out grossnesses. I would have preferred something a little more contemporary.

The Honorable Reverend Manning has some killer PowerPoint skills.

Unas, Slayer of Trucks must be hurting pretty badly through all this, huh? And wow, 5 years. So much money. Mission Accomplished, y'all!

Why can't you? Most brackets don't lock until Thursday morning.

It'd be like boning a dementor.

Hell of a speech, both in principles and craft. Merely the fact that he publicly approaches ideas with nuance and complexity is pretty awesome.

THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR CURRENT GAS PRICES. Soda up my nose here. That was perfect.

Butler got a 7 because, better record aside, last year's 4-seed had much higher profile wins to start the season (Indiana, Tennessee, Gonzaga foremost among them), even if this team might be a little better. Indiana got an 8-seed because no one seriously thinks they're going anywhere after the disaster that was the second half of this season. And Oklahoma got a 6 seed so we'd all have a reasonable 6/11 or 5/12 upset to pick.

Fuck you, you fag fucking fuckface faggot fuck. Similar sentiments, albeit slightly tempered because I didn't think there was any chance of this coming back around to me once Steve popped the draft's Stooges cherry. Actually, because I figured you would grab it! The ferocious irony of it all.

That's why "leave" is probably the better option overall.

It's not gonna last past the next week or two. There are too many easy parallels with McCain taking on all the asshole evangelical maniac endorsements.

Virginia is in! We'll take that title of 106th best team in the country yet! The totally awesome bracket is here. This actually would have been a pretty good little tourney if these were last year's teams. Tuesday, March 18 Richmond at Virginia - 7 p.m. Houston at Nevada - 9 p.m. Brown at Ohio - TBA Rider at Old Dominion - TBA Wednesday, March 19 Cincinnati at Bradley - 7 p.m. Valparaiso at Washington - 9 p.m. Miami (Ohio) at Tulsa - TBA Utah at UTEP - TBA

Great choice. Super-hypnotic stuff.