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It is March again: time to try your luck in the internet’s most competitive, most hyperbolic NCAA pool. The trophy is small, so small in fact that you might not hear about it when you win. Nevertheless, for the seventh consecutive year the EWM Yahoo! NCAA men’s basketball tournament pick’em welcomes everyone from the fearless to the bored to pick against the the savviest basketball futurologists around. There’s no time for biting your nail out of nervous habit (well, okay, but make it fast). Simply sign up! At no monetary cost to you, join this year’s group on Yahoo!,
\nBrick-\u00e0-Brack (ID#21100)<\/a>. If you have questions, heave a three-quarter-court email my way: dmueller at earthwidemoth.com. Invite your friends.
\nInvite your arch-nemeses. But don’t invite that shady character who brought a spoiled pecan cheese log to the Superbowl party. The group has room for the next forty-nine who sign up. What’s at stake is more valuable than the cash in your pocket: your status as a basketball know-it-all.<\/p>\n

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\nYahoo! Tournament Pick’em<\/a>
\nGroup: Brick-\u00e0-Brack (ID# 21100)
\nPassword: ewm
\nFirm up your picks after the selection show on Sunday, March 14. The latest you
\ncan sign up is five minutes before the round of 64 tips off on Thursday, March
\n18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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