MARCH MADNESS

Welcome to MaRcH mAdNeSs

OK...so I created a group on ESPN'S Tournament Challenge and am inviting all of you who read our blog to join this group. All you do is fill out a NCAA men's tournament bracket. This isn't a professional group or anything. It is pretty much a guessing game. I don't follow college basketball (except for BYU and a few teams from the Mountain West Conference and only 3 of them are even playing) and know nothing about any of the teams playing. So...don't be embarrassed because if you don't know anything about these basketball teams because either does anyone else who submits their picks to our group. ESPN has made it easy. They have by each team they have listed their seed/ranking and their overall season record, so you can't screw up too bad. The group is marked as private so only the people who read this blog to get the username and password can enter. Here is how to play.

1. click on this link ESPN or go to http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/frontpage.

2. create an ESPN account (it's free) and if they ask for a mobile phone number or address just make one up...that's what I did. You will need to create a username and password. You will enter the groups username and password later.

3. Click on "create entry"

4. You can now do one of two things. You can start your picks by clicking on the team you think will win and then click on "join group" OR you can click on the link "create or join group" (see step #4) and then start your picks.

4. In the search box, search for the group name "mcmurman"

5. In order to join the group you must have the username and password.

USERNAME: mcmurman

PASSWORD: gocougars

6. Now you can create your entry by clicking on your name and clicking on the teams you think will win.

7. Picks MUST be in by, Thursday, March 20th.

ESPN will keep track of our points and rankings. If I can think of a good prize for the winner (like the privilege of hanging out with Clayton and Heidi for a night) I will let you know later...

GOOD LUCK