NCAA Day 1 - 2nd 2 games.

The Rhode Island / Oklahoma game is currently tied, and is pretty good so far, but there are some more games about to start, and honestly, I don't think either of them is going to be very good.  Either that, or they are going to fantastic upsets.

Gonzaga vs. NC Greensboro

Vegas Line: Gonzaga by 12.5

Gonzaga picks: 220

NC Greensboro: 3

I would love to see this upset happen.  I doubt it will, but it would be fantastic if it did.  A lot of people have Gonzaga going a long way.

Kansas vs. Penn

Vegas line: Kansas by 13.5

Kansas picks: 221

Penn picks: 2

I tried to convince people to not take 16 or 15 seeds, since they almost never win and the risk is hardly worth the reward.  This may be a special case.  Penn is actually much better than most #16 seeds.  It seems like I hear this same story every few years, and still there has never been a 16 seed beat a 1 seed.  Then again, no #15 seed had ever made the Sweet 16, and Florida Gulf Coast did it a few years back, so it's possible.

A word on scoring until the Sweet 16 is set.  All games today and tomorrow are worth 1 point.  The tie breaker will be how many points you've lost.  So, if my team loses but I had them going to the Final 4, I am going to be ranked lower than someone that only had them winning one game.

The scores will look like this:

1. Klei R.: 2(-3)

That means I won 2 points, but I have lost 3 points.  Since there are 192 points possible, it means that I can only get 189.  I hope this makes sense.  It probably will as soon as people see the standings.

I also send out the standings and the net standings.  In the above example, my net points would be 2 + (-3) = -1.  This is a pretty good indicator of the health of the bracket.

I'll update the standings after every 2 games.