Some Pub for 'The Jerome'

This little Conference Tournament pool I'm in is getting some publicity on the blogosphere thanks to some self-serving mentions by other participants.

Yahoo! Sports' Dan Wetzel took the challenge and came out of the mid-major closet, first disclosing the madness of The Jerome...

Thamel put it in his NYT.com blog

Mike Waters has mentioned it in the Post-Standard's SU Basketball Blog

By the way, still too early to tell but I am 1-1 with a runner-up as unanimous pick Winthrop came through and East Tennessee lost in the Atlantic Sun final to Belmont. I will be losing ground in the Ohio Valley as last year's champs Murray State was bounced in the Quarterfinals.

I as well as many "bubble" teams are nervously watching the SoCon Final. My pick, Davidson is hanging on to a three point lead with 13 minutes to play...

The second wave is due on Monday and I will post my picks then.

Thamel's Blog

The New York Times has let my friend Pete Thamel write a blog on their website for the entire March through the NCAA Championship.

Read this blog to catch up on some teams you may not have seen as much of all year (e.g. Wazzu, Winthrop and Old Dominion) or watch a legitimate journalist try to adapt to blog format (there are three paragraphs on Nevada's potential seed and an article on Winthrop coach Gregg Marshall's wife) before your eyes.