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lame championship game. unless you're Bryan Smith, who takes the top prize for Space Wranglers. it's his one and only entry.

the following people still owe their entry fee:

• Brian Howel
• Derek Lilley
• Jim Nothnagel
• Sarah Rabil
• William Brosenne

this means there is $24 missing from the pot, and i am not going to cover you.

I am giving these people until friday to get their entry money to me, or i'll be tossing their entries and redistributing prize money. this means the winners will win less money, which sucks, but if people don't pay, that's the only option.

the bottom line here is that I want to get the winners their prize money. it is not fair to make them wait forever.

thank you to everyone who got their money in on time.

I am emailing the people who still owe money.

If you don't get an email from me, you are good and I thank you.

I will be sending our dog after everyone who doesn't pay. She's a golden retriever and you will endure a horrible ordeal. Death by licking.

It appears that not a single person correctly predicted the Final Four, and the UNC game isn't even over yet.

louisville's loss owned most everyone.

So far I have received payments for 37 of the 87 competitors. Thank you for those.

The deadline for getting your payment to me is Monday, April 6th. That's the day of the championship. In the days before then, I will post who still owes me money. Then on April 7th, anyone who still owes me will have their entries removed, which will lower the prize amounts.

Yes this means if your bracket is a piece of crap, you could technically not pay me, but that would really suck of you.

If you're writing a check, please make it out to Mark Sickmiller. If you made it out to Andy and already sent it, no worries, I'll take care of it.

Also, I am surprised how many of you sent cash in the mail. That's awesomely ballsy.

Looks like he needs a March Madness adviser. I thought this scribbly mess of a bracket was some sort of indication of genius, like Lennon's songwriting books. No.

Marty entered Obama's bracket (here), and it's currently ranked 220, extremely close to the bottom of the pack. Ouch.

Also, I'm getting some of your payments but I still need many more. With all of the personally addressed envelopes, the mailman must think I have a terminal illness or something.