The Ten Best Songs You've Never Heard:

(in no particular order)

1. "Baseball" - Ozma
2. "Beautiful Girl" - Last Week
3. "Apple Blossom" - The White Stripes
4. "Dirty Nursery Rhymes" - 2 Live Crew
5. "Here We Go Again" - Riddlin Kids
6. "Get Over It" - OK Go
7. "Summer Wind was Always Our Song" - The Ataris
8. "Would You Be Willing?" - Dog's Eye View
9. "See You in Hell" - Monster Magnet
10. "Tequila" - A.L.T. and the Lost Civilization

The Ten Best Songs You May Have Heard:

1. "Open Road Song" - Eve 6
2. "It Ain't Me Babe" - The Turtles
3. "I Will be Hating You for Christmas" - Everclear
4. "Hellbound" - Eminem feat. J-Black and Masta Ace
5. "Hear You Me" - Jimmy Eat World
6. "There Is" - Boxcar Racer
7. "Fightstarter Karaoke" - Dropkick Murphys
8. "Golf Shirt" - Nerf Herder
9. "Take this Heart" - Richard Marx
10. "Smash" - The Offspring

Just needed something to do while dinner was in the oven. Really though, these are all good songs...you should listen to them.

Things I've learned in the past few days

- You can never be everything to everybody. Try as hard as you want, but you'll always end up leaving someone behind

- If you just meet adversity head on, things generally work out in the end

- Ron Artest was punished for being human. Are you telling me you wouldn't flip out if some drunken asshole was throwing stuff at you? He didn't even throw a punch until the fat idiot in the wallace jersey came out on the court (my opinion: on the court, you are fair game).

- Regarding the fight: the look on the face of the guy Artest first went after was priceless. In the Pantheon of faces, it was only slightly below the Steve Spurrier "I'm way overmatched in the NFL face". Also, Jermaine O'Neal clocking the aforementioned idiot on the court is hysterical every time I see it.

- Regarding Ron Artest: Did you know when he was with the Bulls, he actually applied for a job at Circuit City (or some other major electronics store) so that he could get a discount on merchandise? He listed his GM, Jerry Krause, as a reference. How could you not like this guy?

- Be thankful for all that you have, especially friends and family because they are the ones who are still there when you are not even sure where your own self is.

- And finally, never underestimate the power of a good book; a used bookstore is perhaps the cheapest form of entertainment available.

I know its not how the saying goes but...

The way to a man's heart may possibly be through his DVD player.

Oh yeah, and making me dinner doesn't hurt either.

With apologies to Eminem

And suddenly it seems that my shoulder blades have just shifted. It's like the greatest gift you can get. The weight has been lifted.

David, I'm going to be honest with you: you're short.

We have a new member to the pantheon of quality programming brought to us by the fox broadcasting company. That's right, the channel that has given us life changing television events such as Man vs. Beast (in which analyst Carl Lewis listed "must realize it's a race" as the key to victory for the zebra and olympic gold medalist sprinter Shawn Crawford actually claimed the zebra false started after he lost said race), Celebrity Daredevils (which brought us the classic moment when Dennis Rodman was nearly killed as he swung violently into the side of a cliff), and The Littlest Groom (a bachelor style show for midgets, during which the "groom" was made to choose from a pool of dwarfed and regularly sized females) may have outdone itself with its latest offering...My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss.

Anyone who knows me knows my disdain for the "profession" of business executive, and in an incredibly humourous fashion this show has exposed these lowlifes as the fake, arrogant brown nosers that they truly are...and this was accomplished within the first 10 minutes! Everything else is just icing on the cake. I truly loved the moment when "expensive" champagne and hors d'oeuvres were served...which were actually cheap bottles of bubbly from the local convenience market and treats made with oscar meyer bologna, cheez wiz, and yes, even spam. All of the business savvy contestants were raving about the quality (one went as far to say the champagne definitely tasted expensive and another couldnt believe the taste of luxury he had just experienced...ah the mighty power of sucking up)

So here are my questions:

1. Every business major I ever knew (or at least the somewhat competent ones) were obsessed with money and the people who have more of it than they do. They knew the Fortune 500 companies and they knew the billionaire CEOs. So how is it that these successful business people could possibly believe that there is a multibillion dollar corporation that none of them have ever heard of? According to Forbes, there are only 313 billionaires in America, surely this guy didnt go unnoticed for all these years, did he?


2. How funny is it to see a guy who thinks he was fired because he wore a "too expensive suit"? How sad is it that he remarks as the show goes off of the air, that if he knew that the boss had such a problem with custom suits that he would have dressed down a bit? I hate to sound like Holden Caulfield but, can anyone possibly be more phony?

3. And finally, why would anyone ever trust a FOX reality show again?

I can answer that one: because people are idiots

When did I start caring about this shit?

Well I'm pretty sure this is a hoax, but its still pretty funny anyway, and probably has at least some truthful roots.

http://attenuation.net/files/iq.htm

Perhaps the more frightening stat is that Hawaii has the 6th highest mean IQ among states. Are there even schools in Hawaii? How is this possible...of course not surprisingly Mississippi is last.

I bid thee goodnight with a family guy quote:
"Yeah America's great, isn't it?...except for the South."

And then there were none...

Friendship is the ultimate unselfish act. Friendship is not only being there for someone when they are down, but wanting to be. Friendship is a two way street, you must be able to give of yourself in order to reap the benefits. Similarly, those who do not make an effort do not deserve to be rewarded. Friendship is giving a little of yourself in order to spur a relationship that will benefit both on a larger scale. The self-absorbed, inconsiderate, and unappreciative need not apply.

To all my friends in Ohio:

Good job, your state just ruined the next 4 years of American leadership.

Rob Neyer Part Deux:

I feel the need to clarify one thing, since I left the idea of team representation wide open. The guidelines for assigning a player to a team were as follows:
1. The player must have spent the majority of his career on the team.
or
2. The player must have had his best seasons as a member of the team and played an extended period of time for said team (at least 5 years generally)

That said, this is why Joe Morgan does not qualify as an Astro, and why, as you'll see in a bit, the Devil Rays were nearly impossible to pick a rep for (Wade Boggs sadly does not count)

So without further ado here are the American League Alltime Allstars:

Starters:

C: Yogi Berra - New York Yankees
1B: Lou Gehrig - New York Yankees
2B: Eddie Collins - Chicago White Sox
3B: George Brett - Kansas City Royals
SS: Cal Ripken Jr. - Baltimore Orioles
OF: Babe Ruth - New York Yankees
OF: Ty Cobb - Detroit Tigers
OF: Ted Williams - Boston Red Sox
SP: Walter Johnson - Minnesota Twins (Washington Senators)

Reserves:

C: Ivan Rodriguez - Texas Rangers
1B: Jimmie Foxx - Oakland (Philadelphia) Athletics
1B: Frank Thomas - Chicago White Sox
2B: Charlie Gehringer - Detroit Tigers
2B: Roberto Alomar - Toronto Blue Jays
3B: Wade Boggs - Boston Red Sox
3B/OF: Aubrey Huff - Tampa Bay Devil Rays
SS: Alex Rodriguez - Seattle Mariners
OF: Rickey Henderson - Oakland Athletics
OF: Tris Speaker - Cleveland Indians
OF: "Shoeless" Joe Jackson - Cleveland Indians
OF: Mickey Mantle - New York Yankees
OF: Joe DiMaggio - New York Yankees
SP: Roger Clemens - Boston Red Sox
SP: Lefty Grove - Oakland (Philadelphia) Athletics
SP: Cy Young - Boston Red Sox
SP: Nolan Ryan - California Angels
SP: Pedro Martinez - Boston Red Sox
SP: Ed Walsh - Chicago White Sox
SP: Addie Joss - Cleveland Indians
SP: Jim Palmer - Baltimore Orioles
CL: Dennis Eckersley - Oakland Athletics
CL: Mariano Rivera - New York Yankees

Well, thats it. Now I just sit back and wait for ESPN/Fox Sports/MLB/etc. to contact me for my vast knowledge...or I finish my NMR homework...ugh

My Best Rob Neyer Impression:

May as well make it two days in a row, since I am sick of staring at NMR spectra for the evening. This is something I put together this summer during a weekend spent at the lab. Being the huge baseball fan and historian that I am, and given that it was around the all-star game, I decided a good way to kill the time would be to come up with all-time allstar teams for both the National and American Leagues. Groundrules are the same as current allstar teams: Roster size is 32 and every current franchise must be represented (Note that the franchise is what's important...thus Washington Senators (the 1st version) count as Minnesota Twins, Philadelphia Athletics as Oakland A's, etc. So here they are, my alltime allstar teams:

National League:

Starters:

C: Johnny Bench - Cincinnati Reds
1B: Mark McGwire - St. Louis Cardinals
2B: Rogers Hornsby - St. Louis Cardinals
3B: Mike Schmidt - Philadelphia Phillies
SS: Honus Wagner - Pittsburgh Pirates
OF: Willie Mays - San Francisco Giants
OF: Barry Bonds - San Francisco Giants
OF: Stan Musial - St. Louis Cardinals
SP: Christy Mathewson - San Francisco (New York) Giants

Reserves:
C: Mike Piazza - New York Mets
C: Gary Carter - Montreal Expos
1B: Todd Helton - Colorado Rockies
1B: Jeff Bagwell - Houston Astros
2B: Jackie Robinson - Los Angeles (Brooklyn) Dodgers
2B: Joe Morgan - Cincinnati Reds
3B: Mike Lowell - Florida Marlins
SS: Ernie Banks - Chicago Cubs
SS: Robin Yount - Milwaukee Brewers
OF: Hank Aaron - Atlanta (Milwaukee) Braves
OF: Frank Robinson - Cincinnati Reds
OF: Roberto Clemente - Pittsburgh Pirates
OF: Tony Gwynn - San Diego Padres
SP: Bob Gibson - St. Louis Cardinals
SP: Sandy Koufax - Los Angeles Dodgers
SP: Mordecai "Three-Finger" Brown - Chicago Cubs
SP: Grover Alexander - Philadelphia Phillies
SP: Steve Carlton - Philadelphia Phillies
SP: Tom Seaver - New Y0rk Mets
SP: Randy Johnson - Arizona Diamondbacks
SP: Warren Spahn - Atlanta (Milwaukee/Boston) Braves
SP: Greg Maddux - Atlanta Braves
CL: Bruce Sutter - Chicago Cubs

Wow that took way longer than I thought it would...I'll do the American League tomorrow

Back from Oblivion

You know, I would be spending my Sunday afternoon watching football, except this week the doubleheader game is on CBS which means I don't get it. (Yes I went through the trouble and expense of purchasing a 27 inch flat screen TV, but still remain too miserly to even get basic cable). Basically because my antenna is a piece of crap, I get three stations well: Fox, Pax, and MTV2 (dont ask). With quite a bit of effort and awkward positioning I can get CBS to the extent that I can hear the announcers and I see moving figures on the screen, although it often seems like I am watching three football games at once. So basically, theres only so much of that I can take until i get a headache, which is why, given no alternative, I've finally decided to return to the mecca of internet nerdiness: the blog.

Speaking of no alternatives: did anyone else watch the debate on thursday and immediately dread the next four years of American leadership? Now I'll be the first person to admit that I don't know all that much about politics and really don't give two shits about the whole system, but even I cringed when GW was speaking. What an idiot! How has America not gone up in flames the past 4 years? Did anyone else laugh out loud when he exclaimed and I quote: "Of course I know Osama bin Laden attacked us. I know that!"...Way to go George, we're all really impressed. Want a cookie or a medal? Perhaps 3 purple hearts?

And other than proving that John Kerry can hold his own in a public forum, what did the entire thing accomplish? Kerry clearly won the debate in my opinion, but what does that really indicate? I mean there were points in time where I thought Homer Simpson could have beaten Bush ("Extended warranty! How could I lose?!") . Did we actually learn anything? Well, here's what I learned:

1. Being president is "hard work" (Did anyone else think Bush sounded like the class idiot making excuses for bombing every exam? Of course its not easy, but there have been 41 other men who have done an adequate job or better...strap on a pair)

2. Kerry will ruin all of our relationships with world powers. Can you believe he forgot Poland when listing the nations that came to our aid at the beginning of the Iraq debacle?! Poland! What is this world coming to, when a possible Commander in Chief neglects a country as important as Poland? Really John, get with the program.

3. Debate moderators don't really wield any power over the candidates. Did you see how GW interrupted practically every Kerry rebuttal before being granted his 30 seconds extra. Weren't you just waiting for Jim Lehrer to tell him to shut the hell up? Or perhaps better yet scold him for speaking out of turn. I propose that Ray Lewis be the moderator at the next presidential debate to teach these punk politicians a lesson. Nobody would fuck with him.

Yeah thats about what I got from it. After a while it became awfully repetitive (I heard "Wrong war, wrong place, wrong time" so much I thought I was listening to a Fatboy Slim song), but I'm glad I watched and am looking forward to the next one...if only to see our brilliant leader once again stun us all with his dizzying intellect.

And as usual I will leave you with a Simpsons reference, this one naming two other world superpowers that Kerry can ruin our relations with.

From an advertisement for a soccer match:
"This match will decide once and for all which nation is the greatest on earth: Mexico or Portugal!"

That kid is back on the escalator!

So on Sunday morning Allison and I volunteered to help with registration for Race For the Cure (our official title was "Welcome Liason"). Our job was to check people in when they showed up, and hand them numbers for either the 5K run, 5K walk, or 1K walk. Some of the runners were on teams, and due to the magic of Microsoft Excel, some of said team names were cut short, with hilarious consequences (keep in mind that at 5:30 AM lots of things are funnier than they normally would be). My personal favorites were "Healthy Ho", "Valley Hos" and on the opposite end of the spectrum "Team Prude".

Also, Sunday morning provided me with one of the finest moments of physical comedy I've ever been witness to. This kid, probably between 5 and 7, decides it would be a good idea to run up the down escalator to get to the floor above him. After watching him struggle for a bit, then finally get the hang of it, I turn to Allison and remark about how he thinks hes got it down, but that the dismount at the top is always the most difficult part. Immediately after I finish my statement the kid totally biffs it right at the top of the escalator (he wasn't hurt). Hilarious! He went down hard too, but managed to crawl his way off of the escalator and onto the floor. As soon as he stands up, he begins to look around like something is missing; it's at this time that I notice an adidas sandal sticking up out of the escalator heading downward. The kid lost his shoe and had absolutely no idea where it was, never even occured to him that it may have gone down the escalator. So what does he do? He just takes off without it. So basically in order to save myself from eternal damnation from laughing at this kids misfortune, I decide to be the "hero" and return him his sandal. Very funny stuff though, definitely the highlight of my day.

Thought I'd switch it up this time so I'll leave you with a Family Guy quote:

"It's OK to lie to women, they're not people like us."

These Go to Eleven

So in the computer lab today, we were looking at upcoming shows in the Twin Cities area and it turns out Southern Culture on the Skids is playing here next week. I didn't know they still existed, but I was reminded of their wonderful contribution to the canon of rock and roll, the ever-impressive "Camel Walk". You know, the song that begins with the classic line: "Baby will you eat that there snack cracker in your special outfit for me, please?" The amazing thing is that I actually own one of their albums, although it's a pretty safe bet you won't be seeing me at their show. However, the sheer wizardry of "Camel Walk" begs the question...what are the most underappreciated songs of all time? Believe me, I could write for days on this subject. In fact the question is so open-ended that it may require more clarification. Perhaps the best way would be to define different catergories of "underappreciatedness":

Category 1: One-hit wonder
This is not your ordinary one hit wonder; its a song so good, you wonder why they never had another hit.

Examples: Come On Eileen - Dexy's Midnight Runners
Take on Me - A-ha
New Age Girl - Deadeye Dick
The Freshmen - The Verve Pipe

Category 2: Overshadowed
This is the type of song that perhaps was overshadowed by a bigger hit from the same band, or perhaps is on an album so good that it gets lost in the shuffle

Examples: Lump - Presidents of the United States of America
Motorcycle Drive By - Third Eye Blind
Pretty When I'm Drunk - Bloodhound Gang
Muzzle - Smashing Pumpkins

Category 3: Songs most people have never heard
This is my favorite, given that my poor taste in music has led me to some awfully obscure songs/bands in my 22 years on this planet. These are songs that I would strongly bet you have never heard unless I have played them for you

Examples: the afforementioned Camel Walk - Southern Culture on the Skids
The Neden Game - Insane Clown Posse
Meat Sandwich - GWAR
I Walked - Wanderlust
Anger - Downset
I could go on and on....

So I've decided I'm going undertake a huge project: Determining the top twenty underappreciated songs of all time...in my opinion. At the rate I'm posting, I'll probably have it done sometime by Christmas

And to honor the great Tiffany Funari, I leave you with another Simpsons reference:
Superintendent Chalmers:"I thought we were having steamed clams."
Principal Skinner: "Oh, no I said steamed hams. That's what I call hamburgers."
Chalmers: " You call hambugers steamed hams..."
Skinner: "Yes, it's a regional dialect."
Chalmers: "Uh huh...what region?"
Skinner: "Uh...upstate New York?"
Chalmers: "Really...Well i'm from Utica and I've never heard anyone use the phrase 'steamed hams'"
Skinner: "Oh no not in Utica. It's an Albany expression"


Who's up for some steamed hams tomorrow?

He is Risen

Happy Easter everyone. I hope that you all have a wonderful holiday, whether you are religious or not. Take some time to reflect on all you have been given, whether it be your talents, your loved ones, or your possessions. I think too often in our society we take these gifts for granted, and it's always good to take a step back and be thankful.

On a lighter note, thanks to UConn winning the national championship I won my tourney pool at school, despite having one of my worst overall predicting performances of all time. Only 1 final four team correct and only 6 sweet 16 teams right; I suppose I should send Emeka Okafor a check.

Finally, I leave you with a random Simpsons reference:

"As intelligence goes up, happiness often goes down. In fact, I made a graph...I make lots of graphs."

We all do, Lisa. We all do.

Thought I'd go back to an old favorite, the top 40 rejected sports team names of all time (updated for 2004). Feel free to submit any that you may come up with. Enjoy...

40 Hamburg Ers
39 Plymouth Rock
38 Boston Crab
37 Lincoln Logs
36 Oklahoma City Bombers
35 China Set
34 Little Rock Bottom
33 Miami Vice
32 St Paul Bunyans
31 Bronx Cheers
30 Green Bay Watch
29 Chile Climate
28 Hungary People
27 Florida Keys
26 Newport Lights
25 Turkey Sandwich
24 Havana Gila
23 Manila Folders
22 Corpus Christi Brinkleys
21 Cleveland Steamer
20 Spokane Word
19 Mobile Homes
18 Djibouti Calls
17 Marlboro Reds
16 New England Clam Chowder
15 Jackson Five
14 Maryland Manson
13 Raleigh Caps
12 Greece Monkeys
11 San Jose Canseco
10 San Francisco Treat
9 Louisana Purchase
8 Winston-Salem Cigarettes-Witches
7 Sacramento Reconciliation
6 Maine Event
5 Santa Ana Reindeer
4 Staten Island Fairies
3 Milwaukee Talkies
2 Texas Instruments
1 Oklahoma Sexuals

Madness and insanity have arrived
(Bonus if you get the St Patrick's Day related reference above)

It's been a very busy last few days. I finally got into the lab and polymerized some polystyrene, definitely feels good to accomplish something other than mundane schoolwork, for once. Surely cannot complain about being paid to go to school though. For those of you who don't know, and for the much smaller population of you who actually care, I work for Frank Bates and Tim Lodge in the polymer group at the University of Minnesota, where I will eventually (hopefully) obtain a PhD in chemical engineering. On top of my first polymerization, I also had undergraduate separation processes exams to grade, which has led to some long hours the last two days. It naturally follows that I have had little time to look at the NCAA bracket until last night.

Let it be known that this time of the year is easily my sports mecca. If you have not already noticed, I tend to enjoy the NCAA tourney. The real beauty of it is how wide open it is; everyone loves when little Bodank University upsets NBA Draft U (except for those with alot of money on the big school of course). Which brings me to the second beautiful aspect of the tourney...office pools. How could you not enjoy filling out a bracket, trying to predict the outcomes? Anyone can do it, even those with no knowledge of college hoops. Hell, my ex-girlfriend won a pool last year because her brother goes to Syracuse, which proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that anyone can win; she hates basketball.

As for me, despite being a "master bracketologist", I haven't a clue what's going to happen in this tournament. The parity of college basketball has made it such that a team that dominated all year (St. Joseph's) is not remotely a lock to even reach the sweet 16 (although I think they will). In no way am I in any position to offer tips on filling out a bracket. So naturally that's exactly what I'm going to do.

First of all, you have to realize that certain teams aren't any good. Teams in this category (in my opinion, which very well may turn out to be wrong) are Kansas, Syracuse, Seton Hall and Arizona (who ironically are playing each other). Then there is the traditional 5-12 upset, look for Manhattan and BYU this year. Also, remember "Hell hath no fury like a conference scorned"; don't be surprised when a Big 10 team makes the Elite 8 or possibly even the final four. They got dissed on Selection Sunday and now they will prove their worth. Finally, don't buy into the hype on certain teams. Maryland played absolutely horribly before their ACC tourney run, no reason to think that can't return. North Carolina, for all their star power, have not been consistent all year...why start now? That doesn't mean these teams cant make a run, I'm just saying maybe you should think about it before banking on them.

Ok so after all that, what is my final four?

Kentucky
Wisconsin
Texas
Connecticut

There goes my entry money.

For Comparison's Sake:

I just thought it would be interesting to compare my results with other bracketologists. First Joe Lunardi of ESPN.com, who I have the utmost respect for. He correctly predicted 64 out of 65 teams, thanks to his last minute decision to add Richmond to the field. He predicted 31 seeds correctly, as can be seen here .

CBS Sportsline went 63/65 with 34 seeds correct. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt because their projected bracket is littered with errors and repeated teams. In calculating their totals I made assumptions that actually improved their accuracy.

SportsIllustrated.com correctly predicted 63/65 with 33 seeds correct. You can view their projections here.

I compare favorably with all three as you can plainly see.

Bracket Fallout

Immediate Reactions:
1. Utah State got screwed, no question about it. It is inexcusable for the committee to leave out a 25-3 (RPI 42) team just because they lost in their conference tournament by one point at the buzzer.
2. No respect for the Big 10. Despite being a "down year" for the Big 10, there is no excuse for seeding the regular season champion (Illinois: 24-6, RPI 21, 12 straight wins until today) a 5, and the conference tournament champion (Wisconsin: 24-6, RPI 16) a 6 seed. Both should be much higher.
3. I'm glad I was wrong about Colorado. Richmond is a much more deserving team. I just didn't think the committee had enough balls to take a school from a smaller conference, given their love affair with BCS schools in past years.

Well I got 63 out of 65 teams right, not bad for an amateur, with 35 teams seeded correctly. My goal was 65 teams with 40 seeds correct, which was lofty, so I am pleased with the result. I even had the Washington/UAB game correct, just with the seeding switched (8/9 games are always a toss up). I was also correct in my assertion that the committee completely ignores sunday afternoon games in completing the bracket, which was actually confirmed by the spokesman on the CBS selection show. Aside from the Big 10 seeding travesty, all teams which I mis-seeded were off by 1, except for Louisville (who the committee seeded way too low) and Seton Hall (who was seeded way too high).

All in all, a good showing, I'll be sending that resume into Sports Illustrated and Fox Sports sometime soon (hell, if Tom Arnold can work for Fox, anyone can)

All right folks, this is it. I'm gonna assume that the committee ignores the last two championship games (although I think you can argue that they wouldn't affect the seeds anyway, if Texas were to win they still don't deserve a 2 seed, and Wisconsin doesn't deserve a 3 either). So here is the Kevin P. Davis edition of Bracketology, my predictions for what the bracket will look like when it is revealed in a few hours:

East:
1. St Joseph's
16. Liberty

8. Texas Tech
9. Arizona

5. Providence
12. Western Michigan

4. Georgia Tech
13. Illinois-Chicago

6. Memphis
11. Utah

3. NC State
14. Central Florida

7. Vanderbilt
10. BYU

2. Connecticut
15. Vermont

South:
1. Duke
16. UT- San Antonio

8. UAB
9. Washington

5. Florida
12. Manhatten

4. Cincinnati
13. Northern Iowa

6. Boston College
11. Nevada

3. Illinois
14. Louisiana-Lafayette

7. Louisville
10. Seton Hall

2. Mississippi State
15. Eastern Washington

West:

1. Stanford
16. Lehigh

8. Xavier
9. South Carolina

5. Wake Forest
12. Colorado

4. Wisconsin
13. Murray State

6. Depaul
11. Air Force

3. Gonzaga
14. Virginia Commonwealth

7. Syracuse
10. Utah State

2. Oklahoma State
15. Monmouth

Midwest:

1. Kentucky
16. Play in winner (Florida A&M/Alabama State)

8. Southern illinois
9. Charlotte

5. Kansas
12. East Tennessee State

4. Maryland
13. Pacific

6. North Carolina
11. Dayton

3. Texas
14. Princeton

7. Michigan State
10. Alabama

2. Pittsburgh
15. Valparaiso

Thats it. We'll know in a few hours how accurate it is. There's a few things I'd like to point out.
1. Connecticut winning the Big East tourney last night bumped Gonzaga from a 2 seed to a 3 seed, since UCONN moved up
2. A week or so ago, no one knew if Maryland would even make the tourney, now they are projected as a 4 seed.
3. Last team out was Richmond, but I wouldnt be surprised if the committee put them in instead of Colorado (last team in)

Last four in:

Utah State
Dayton
Air Force
Colorado

As the great Homer Simpson once said, "If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." I've wanted a website for a while, but i'm just too lazy. So I decided on the next best thing: let someone else do the work for you. Even a blog requires a bit more effort than I'd like to give, so don't expect any continuity of posts. Also, don't expect to find anything remotely intelligent here, cause you aren't going to find it. Stay tuned for the Kevin P. Davis edition of Bracketology later today (the real reason I created this thing anyway)