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Almost<\/i> time once again to close your eyes and guess away as you fill out your
\nbracket for this year’s NCAA basketball tournament. That’s right. Make
\npicks against the sharpest basketball futurologists in all of blogspace for the
\nfourth<\/a>
\nconsecutive<\/a>
\nyear<\/a>.
\nYou are hereby invited to join this year’s tournament group on Yahoo!,
\nPicktaneous Bracketbustion (ID# 43131). Free, free, free (steep costs if you
\nhave any pick-making pride, however). Questions? Go ahead and dish me an
\nemail: dmueller at earthwidemoth.com. All are welcome, bloggers, non-bloggers,
\nreferees, whiners, and even those who, as if they’d been bumped on the head,
\nwould pick Ohio State to go all the way (kidding?). The group will hold 1
\nwinner and 49 others who, come April, can at least say, “hey, nice that it’s April.” At stake: prestige, reputation, etc. Promote this at your own
\nblog, too, if you’re so inclined (also circulate it via email, listservs,
\nwhatever). <\/p>\n

Yahoo!
\nTournament Pick’em<\/a><\/b>
\nGroup: Picktaneous Bracketbustion (ID# 43131)<\/b>
\nPassword: ewm<\/b>
\nSet your picks after the selection show on Sunday, March 11. Sign up before the start
\nof round one, five minutes before tip-off on Thursday, March 15.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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