Bracketology 2010

It's that time of year again - March Madness!!! I can honestly say our whole family has been in on the action this year. We love basketball! Damon cheers for Texas, mainly. I cheer Duke (thanks to my Maryland/ACC country years). LB pulls for Duke as well as Kentucky (What in the world!!, I know!). Carter also cheers for Duke as well as Tennessee (Thanks to Hunter and Garrett) and West Virginia (Thank you, Gallagher). Damon and I have always filled out brackets against each other. However, the past couple of years we have just thrown our brackets away because they were horrible! 2010 is the beginning of a new family tradition -

The Welch Family Bracket Challenge!

Winner gets to choose dinner one night and bragging rights for a year! Who is going to win? . . . .

Carter

Carter's bracket is full of upsets - (13) Houston over (4) Maryland, (10) Florida over (7) BYU, (14) Sam Houston over (3) Baylor, (10) St. Mary's over (7) Richmond, (13) Wofford over (4)Wisconsin, and (10) Missouri over (7) Clemson.

His Final Four picks are - (4) Vanderbilt and (1) Kansas out of the West and (8) Texas and (1) Duke out of the East. (1) Kansas will play (1) Duke in the finals with (1) Duke prevailing!

Laura Beth

Laura Beth did not have many upsets. Her only one is (13) Siena over (4) Purdue.
Her Final Four picks are (1) Kansas and (1) Syracuse out of the West and (1) Kentucky and (1) Duke out of the East. Her finals are (1) Kansas and (1) Duke with (1) Duke prevailing!

Damon

Damon's big upsets are (12) Cornell over (5) Temple, (10) Missouri over (7) Clemson, and (10) St. Mary's over (7) Richmond.

His Final Four picks are (1) Kansas and (2) Kansas State out of the West and (1) Duke and (2) West Virginia out of the East. His finals are (1) Kansas and (1) Duke with (1) Kansas prevailing.

Becky

My big upsets are (10) Georgia Tech over (7) Oklahoma State, (12) UTEP over (5) Baylor, (12) Utah State over (5) Texas A&M, (13) Siena over (4) Purdue and (13) Murray State over (4) Vanderbilt.

My Final Four picks are (4) Maryland and (2) Kansas State out of the West and (1) Duke and (2) West Virginia out of the East. My finals are (2) Kansas State and (1) Duke with, of course, Duke winning!

I am so excited about seeing what comes of all this. We have the taped to the coat closet door and are ready for everything! I am sure there will be updates. May the best (or luckiest) Welch win!!!