March Madness Standings- 1st Weekend in the books

It's been a fun year so far. Baylor won their first game since 1950 or so. Cornell won their first game for their entire conference in over a decade. And of course BYU got their first win since 1993 (12th overall).

5 of 16 remaining teams are "little" schools: Northern Iowa (which upset #1 Kansas -my pick for National Champ- in one of the best Tourny games ever played!), Xavier, Butler, St. Mary's, and Cornell. Good luck to the underdog in the next round!

Here's the current standings:

1 Chapman 1, W. Chapman 470
2 Mars, E 460
3 MarsSis19 1, K. Andrews 450
Dannysaur 1, D. Abenroth
5 BarackObama, E Mars 430
6 randerson415 1, R. Anderson 420
ojosazules112 1, L. Christensen
8 SteffyPie222 1, S. Steelman 410
9 MrsElderMars 1, L. Andrews 400
pradmilovic, P. Radmilovic
Mars Mom, S. Andrews
12 wikidnurse 1, M. Nielsen 390
rollerna 1, N. Roller
Doug Abenroth 2, D. Abenroth
15 Maranda1283 1, M. Anderson 380
adenbowman 1, J. Bowers
nullFX 1, B. Casteel
18 Rusty , R. ANDREWS 370
19 valarab 1, v. abenroth 360
starkid55 1, S. Hulet
tbone-88 1, T. Erickson
22 MarchMadnessFanatic 1, J. Armstrong 350
23 BYUroundy 1, a. roundy 340
slarmohulk 1, J. Davies
Stevan_A 1, S. Andrews
26 KarenOjai 1, K. Erickson 330
27 Ojai Steve 1, S. Erickson 310
28 RollingPenguin 1, R. Roller 290
29 Andrew002002 1, A. Smith 270
30 wammabammajammakelly 1, K. Casteel250

Also, Wendy, Nathan, Valerie, Roundy, and Jason all have especially strong late round picks remaining, and are real threats to shoot up the standings over the last couple of games.

Thanks again everyone for playing! Here's to the Sweet Sixteen games that start Thursday, and the Elite Eight on Saturday and Sunday!!

~Marshall

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March Madness Bracket Challenge- JOIN NOW!

Dear Andrews family and friends, and friends of friends!

Alas, that glorious time of year has finally once again arrived, where talks of 5-12 match-ups abound, and painful worrying over who will win each 8-9 seed contest fill our minds! March Madness is finally HERE, the Big Dance! Will Cinderella's foot fit the glass slipper in 2010? Is Duke a lock to win it all? Can New Mexico really make the Final Four?

Will BYU end my misery by winning a 1st-Round game?!? (against 10 seeded Florida, no doubt you already knew)

Please, JOIN in my favorite holiday this time around! Doug Abenroth won last year, with Aaron Roundy and Bryant Casteel rounding out the winners podium. Lauren won this thing in 2008, barely beating our Eric Farlow. Emails and bloggings shall keep you informed of just how smart you are. Or at least how bold your picks prove you to be. We love our friends and family that take 20 minutes to at least fill out a bracket and give it the ol' college TRY (pun intended)- It can be fun! Just ask Karen, Kiernan, Londa, and Star!

Join for free online through ESPN.com. The link is http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=42986 . Group is named "Andrews and Friends".

Good luck, and may Utah State upset Texas A&M!

~Marshall