Mine’s hooped.

I did all right in the first round of March Madness. Clemson didn’t get through, nor did South Alabama, my Cinderella No. 10 pick to reach the Sweet 16. But everything else went largely according to plan.

And then it didn’t. The Duke Blue Devils lost. The Georgetown Hoyas lost. The Pittsburgh Panthers lost. There are three Cinderella teams in the Sweet 16, and none of them is South Alabama. Grumble. Losing teams this early is death in a progressive bracket, where the points get bigger as the rounds progress.

And how’s your bracket doing? If you’re perfect so far in the  Bodog Fantasy game, you’re already three-fourths of the way to $1 million. Ah, but what strategy did you use? If you picked a lot of underdogs, you might be a little nervous right now for taking Villanova over Kansas. Then again, your bracket is perfect and mine looks like Bobby Knight threw a chair at it.