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If you're anything like Chicagoist, you spent Sunday evening poring over the brackets for the NCAA Basketball Tournament. And if you're anything like Chicagoist, you'll repeat this ritual daily until your picks must be turned in for your office pool later this week. Sixty-five teams will fight for a trip to the Final Four. All have hopes and dreams, but only four teams will make it to Atlanta, and only one team will cut down...

The NCAA Tournament never turns out like we think it will, and this year's tournament had even more unepected twist and turns than a typical year. From the numerous upsets, to all the top seeds missing the Final Four, to George Mason making the Final Four, to the large margins of victory in the the Final Four and Championship games. Last night, Florida defeated UCLA 73-57 to claim the NCAA basketball title. With the conclusion...

With all the baseball and NCAA basketball going on, Chicagoist has been neglecting our Bulls of late so it time to get ya'll up to speed.

Illinois got a rude awakening from its dream season, as North Carolina won last night's NCAA basketball tournament 75-70. The Tar Heels took a 15 point lead early in the second half before Illinois staged a furious comeback. The Illini fought back to tie the game at 65-65, but could not get over the hump to take a lead. They had their chances towards the end, but the shots wouldn't fall and ultimately, the Illni...

Chicagoist was amazed at the number of readers who chose to participate in our NCAA basketball pool. So we decided we needed to take on the readers in a little fantasy baseball, too! We have to warn you though, our skill and luck are a little better when it comes to fantasy baseball. In college, we and one friend would run away from the rest of the pack and fight for the title -- but he had the benefits of internships at CNN/SI and the Atlanta sports radio channel during those seasons. So fantasy sports were work-related for him!

The cutoff for registering and entering your picks is:
Thursday, March 17, 2005 at 12:20 pm ET.