Engineering a successful NCAA basketball bracket

Of the more than 60 entrants in the Southside Ballers NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament bracket competition, I found myself in fifth place at the close of the first Thursday of action.

A last minute, impetuous decision to change an original pick from Arkansas over Kansas to KU winning cost me a vital point. It wasn’t a pick from the heart, the Razorbacks’ top scorer and rebounder was out with an injury.

By the time Florida was cutting down the nets after a dramatic comeback against Houston in the title game on Monday night, AlvinReid1 had finished a disappointing 44^th.

But who is this mysterious AlvinReid2 that also had a bracket?

Missouri basketball freshman guard/forward Marcus Allen has entered the transfer portal. A native of Florida, I could see him tormenting Mizzou in the future for another SEC team…Mizzou had previously lost forward Aidan Shaw to Boston College…Regardless of the NFL mock draft, you will find former Missouri offensive tackle Armand Membo in the Top 10 picks. Several pundits have him destined for the New York Jets, who hold the seventh pick of the first round…Jacques Bouquot, a Penn State forward, will be a player of color in the NCAA Men’s Hockey Frozen Four in St. Louis beginning Thursday night. He hails from Windsor, Conn.