Brilliant!

	1st Round	2nd Round	Field of 16	Field of 8	Field of 4	Finals	Champ
M I D W E S T	(1) Kansas (32-2) (16) Lehigh (22-10)	Kansas	Kansas	Kansas	Kansas	Kansas	Duke Tie Breaker: 151 (Total points in Final Game)
	(8) UNLV (25-8) (9) N lowa (28-4)	N lowa
	(5) Michigan St (24-8) (12) New Mex St (22-11)	Michigan St	Michigan St
	(4) Maryland (23-8) (13) Houston (19-15)	Maryland
	(6) Tennessee (25-8) (11) San Diego St (25-8)	Tennessee	Georgetown	Georgetown
	(3) Georgetown (23-10) (14) Ohio (21-14)	Georgetown
	(7) Oklahoma St (22-10) (10) Georgia Tech (22-12)	Oklahoma St	Ohio St
	(2) Ohio St (27-7) (15) UC San Barb (20-9)	Ohio St
W E S T	(1) Syracuse (28-4) (16) Vermont (25-9)	Syracuse	Syracuse	Syracuse	Kansas St
	(8) Gonzaga (26-6) (9) Florida St (22-9)	Florida St
	(5) Butler (28-4) (12) UTEP (26-6)	Butler	Butler
	(4) Vanderbilt (24-8) (13) Murray St (30-4)	Vanderbilt
	(6) Xavier (24-8) (11) Minnesota (21-13)	Minnesota	Pittsburgh	Kansas St
	(3) Pittsburgh (24-8) (14) Oakland (26-8)	Pittsburgh
	(7) BYU (29-5) (10) Florida (21-12)	BYU	Kansas St
	(2) Kansas St (26-7) (15) N Texas (24-8)	Kansas St
E A S T	(1) Kentucky (32-2) (16) E Tenn St (20-14)	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky	Kentucky	Duke
	(8) Texas (24-9) (9) Wake Forest (19-10)	Wake Forest
	(5) Temple (29-5) (12) Cornell (27-4)	Cornell	Wisconsin
	(4) Wisconsin (23-8) (13) Wofford (26-8)	Wisconsin
	(6) Marquette (22-11) (11) Washington (24-9)	Washington	New Mexico	New Mexico
	(3) New Mexico (29-4) (14) Montana (22-9)	New Mexico
	(7) Clemson (21-10) (10) Missouri (22-10)	Missouri	W Virginia
	(2) W Virginia (27-6) (15) Morgan St (27-9)	W Virginia
S O U T H	(1) Duke (29-5) (16) ark/win	Duke	Duke	Duke	Duke
	(8) California (23-10) (9) Louisville (20-12)	California
	(5) Texas AM (23-9) (12) Utah St (27-7)	Texas AM	Texas AM
	(4) Purdue (27-5) (13) Siena (27-6)	Purdue
	(6) Notre Dame (23-11) (11) Old Dominion (26-8)	Old Dominion	Baylor	Villanova
	(3) Baylor (25-7) (14) Sam Hstn St (25-7)	Baylor
	(7) Richmond (26-8) (10) Saint Marys (26-5)	Richmond	Villanova
	(2) Villanova (24-7) (15) Rob Morris (23-11)	Villanova

Really, DUKE???? I just couldn't pick Kansas or Kentucky like all the other lemmings. Go Oregon -- Kyle Singler get it done!

UPDATE: I also couldn't figure out how to resize this image to get it all to show. So, this will have to do for now.

Depending on how my picks pan out, maybe I'll update this again in a week or so with the remaining portion of my bracket.

DUKE?


UPDATED UPDATE!!!!
Duke pick...Looking pretty solid right now! Nice work Blue Devils! Kyle Singler Oregon boy makin' good! Unfortunately for me though, a few of my other picks did not fare quite so well...so my best possible finish in the NCAA tourney pool is 4th. Yep, 4th, one out of the money. And we're not talking 6 pack beer money here -- 1st place in this pool takes home a solid $2G plus. Coulda come in handy right about now. 


There's always next year.

Filler

Derek Bockelman for Cole Surfboards and Naki Surf from jeremie brillant on Vimeo.


Not necessarily anything mind-blowing as far as surf vids go (I'm just too old to comprehend the skateboard surfing tricks) but...

I thought I'd post just for sole purpose of mentioning that wave from 1:02 - 1:15 -- how he does that huge stall to set up the barrel. Something I'm working on. Not in reeling overhead barreling waves, mind you, but just in the day-to-day stuff I surf, working more in tune with the wave rather than hightailing it out to the shoulder.

Nice job of avoiding other surfers on that wave as well, I might add. That is something I do have plenty of practice with. Blasted buoys!

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hands

I thought this was a great image. I pulled it off BogusBlog -- check the original posting and write-up of Pedro Duarte George, the photographer/artist responsible. Impressive work throughout -- but this one in particular definitely stood out.

I have great respect for people who actually build things, create tangible items, work with their hands. Maybe it's because mine spend most of their time just clacking keys on a keyboard. But I found this image very captivating, the juxtaposition of shaper and surfer, foam dust and sand, work and tan.

It made me want to go get my hands dirty. So I did, building (another) fence at the rental apartment. Now my hands are rough, calloused, and Selin doesn't like holding them.

The fence looks good. A little crooked though.