Fear the Turtle, baby: the Maryland Terrapins just won the Women's NCAA basketball championship! A fade-away three-pointer by Kristi Toliver at the end of regulation sent the game to overtime, and Maryland played excellent defense on Duke's final possession to stymie the Blue Devils. Looking back on my picks, I'm embarrassed to say that I had the MD women losing to UNC in the Semis. That lack of hometown faith helped sink my ESPN picks to the 30th percentile.
On the men's side, I was disappointed by the lack of ACC representation in the Final Four. My ESPN bracket picks did excellently: 98th percentile and second place in the Politics Department's pool. I can't say the same for my family pool. I had great 5-team picks all set and ready to go (I was literally a few neurons firing from hitting the Send button), but I second-guessed myself and ended up much worse for the wear. (Even my father beat me this year!) The joke 5th-place prizes were:
A one way plane ticket to the southwest for a Quail shoot with Dick Cheney.A tour of Bode Miler's Olympic Medal room.
An all-expense paid half-day outing on the Minnesota Vikings Loveboat!
Can't say I get the last one--guess I need to watch SportsCenter more.
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