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Southern Illinois can make your month

I was in the Cedar Rapids public library around noon today, using one of the computers. Sitting on one side of me using another computer was a young adult male, filling out a set of NCAA basketball brackets on ESPN's Web site.

Then he filled out another. And another. ESPN lets you submit up to five entries in its contest. First prize is $10,000. That's probably about one-hundredth of one penny for every entry.

The man was going with the chalk, as they say. Nothing but really high seeds in the Final Four, and defending champion Florida to repeat.

I'm thinking your only hope in such a contest is to pick a couple long shots to reach the Final Four and be right. You can pick Ohio State, Florida, Kansas and North Carolina to make it to Atlanta in April, get the champion right, and still not have the total points to finish in the top thousand.

So, after days of resistance, I'm giving you the Final Four and champion that will change your lives.

Midwest: Florida 

West: Southern Illinois

East: Texas

South: Memphis

Champion: Florida

With the exception of the Gators, the rest of these picks range from iffy to doubtful. But if you want to win big in these things, you have to take a few chances.

By the way, I've never won an NCAA tourney pool in my life. Which doesn't mean I'm lousy at this. It only means I only learned the secret to success recently. And I have. Now, so have you.

 

 

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