...and now, the Official Rules of the
11TH ANNUAL OLD GUYS PICK-THE-NIT TOURNAMENT.

 
• NO CHEATING.  Don't get me all cheesed off, man.
• All decisions are final.  Once you send in your picks to me you are done.  No waiting until the first game of the tournament and then saying, "Oh right!  I KNEW UNLV would beat Arizona State!"
• Save your picks.  When you mail the picks to me, send a copy to yourself.  I have been known to incorrectly score brackets before, and if you don't catch me, too bad.
• In the event of a tie, a tie-breaker will be decided by me.  Of course, I win any tie involving me.
• You only get prizes if you beat me.  Therefore, if I finish in First Place, no prizes are awarded!
• Once again, Jeff LeCraw will be allowed to send in a second pick consisting of nothing but coin-flips.  But I get to keep any prizes that pick wins.  Also, if it beats Jeff's real picks, we all are encouraged to mercilessly mock LeCraw.  You can mock him anyways if you want.
• Of course, active brothers are encouraged to join.  Even if we are going to school you with our superior knowledge of middle-of-the-road basketball teams, we've got to have somebody to laugh at.
• Extra points may be awarded for clever verbal (or e-mail) taunting of other competitors during the tournament.  Points may be deducted for lame comments.  I am the final judge for awarding points.   Andy Johnson gets an extra 10 points if he tells me all his picks in his Bobcat Goldthwait voice.
• In the spirit of Title IX, I am expanding the tournament this year.  No, we're not picking the NWIT.  (Talk about total guesses...)  This year we are re-opening up the tournament to women-folk.  So, if you've got a wife/girlfriend/girl you think is really hot, encourage her to send in picks to me, too.  She must have a valid e-mail address.  If I get picks from um_im_not_eric_moore_really@yahoo.com or hotbabe432523@aol.com, I'm going to be very suspicious.  Besides, I get e-mails from hotbabe432523@aol.com already, and they all get filtered out as spam.  But, I digress...   Choose carefully what women you invite.  Five years ago we were run over by the women because they all picked Maryland because "turtles are cute!"
• If a woman-folk wins a prize, I'll deliver the prize to you and you can give the prize to her.  I don't know, maybe you can use it as a bribe to get some lovin'. Whatever works for you, man.
• Rules are subject to change (especially if the changes benefit me!)