Meanwhile, in McCollum's High Stakes Challenge, Things are Looking Better

Group Standings
Rank Team Name Score Correct Best Score Best Correct Champion
1 Jessica Hodges 45 34 80 44 Kansas (152)
1 Robby Vincill 45 34 68 41 Kansas (150)
3 Bette Brady 44 34 71 41 Kentucky (168)
4 Allison Prssley 43 33 75 42 Kansas (159)
5 Todd Bealer 42 32 80 43 Kansas (133)
6 greg erickson 41 32 85 44 Kentucky (161)
7 Adam Tinker 40 31 75 41 Kansas (145)
7 david young 40 32 69 40 Kansas (155)
7 jason brady 40 32 71 40 Kentucky (138)
7 Jeff Potter 40 32 72 41 Kansas (164)
7 Sandy Richards 40 31 75 41 Kansas (162)
12 David Belcher 39 31 71 40 Kansas (133)
12 DvdLaura Blcher 39 31 85 43 Syracuse (136)
12 Lgh Ann Joseph 39 31 71 40 Kansas (132)
15 Danny Pressley 38 29 72 38 Kentucky (137)
15 gabe beck 38 30 73 40 Kansas (155)
15 Jeremy Shoop 38 30 66 38 Kansas (133)
15 Jim McCollum 38 29 70 38 Kansas (136)
15 larry brady 38 30 59 36 Kansas (180)
15 Tom Welch 38 30 70 39 Kansas (163)
21 Laura Belcher 37 29 78 40 Kentucky (156)
21 Paul Burris 37 29 75 40 Kansas (131)
21 Steve Richards 37 30 64 37 Kentucky (155)
21 Tom Joseph 37 30 77 40 Syracuse (145)
25 Kristen Hicks 35 29 69 38 Kentucky (144)
25 Sam Pressley 35 28 67 37 Kansas (155)
27 Andrew Pitts 34 29 65 37 Kentucky (157)
27 David Babb 34 26 75 37 Kentucky (150)
27 Pat O'Connor 34 28 55 34 Kansas (145)
27 Rachel McCollum 34 27 69 37 Kansas (144)
31 Bill Kelso 32 25 47 29 Kansas (130)
32 Tom Joseph 29 23 68 33 Syracuse (146)

Allison Pressley is trash talking.

There will be consequences.

Bette Brady, whoever you are, thanks for picking Vandy all the way to the Final Four. Your bracket, like President Obama's conscience, is dead.

Jessica, your nearly perfect bracket in the West Region is marred only by my Vanderbilt Commodores. Coincidence? My high school principal's name was Xavier. (No kidding.) How you feeling about Xavier in the Elite Eight now?

Normally I'd root for the Taliban if they were playing Kentucky.

But not this year.

Go Cats.

Saw Jeff Potter Thursday night, at which time he claimed to have a perfect bracket. Once again, my Commodores - the team Jeff hates more than nay other - betrayed his bracket like Alger Hiss.