Some trends to watch from round 1 as we prepare for round 2:

3 ways to tell that you are a girl:

1) You have a vagina.
2) The team you select as the champion in your NCAA bracket is eliminated by the end of the first weekend.
3) ...

Actually there are only 2 ways.

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If you want to ensure that you will perform poorly in your bracket, write a 1000-word mock-scientific paper documenting your selection process for your blog or publication.

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And now, I would like to hand out some first round awards.

The "Kiss of Death" Award is given to Rose to commemorate all 4 of her Final 4 teams being eliminated by the end of the first weekend.

The "It Was A Good Run" Award is given to Darrell, whose run to the top by the end of the first weekend is doomed to failure due to his selection of the Memphis Paper Tigers as his national champ.

And, finally, the "Chalktastic" Award is given to Greg for putting all four number one seeds in his final four.  This award will retroactively turn into a "Sit On It and Rotate" award delivered to myself if this actually comes true.