LBU Bracket Challenge 2011: The WINNERS!

Tonight is the title game in Houston, but as is probably the case with 99 percent of the brackets out there this year, it's game over. For our 2011 LBU Bracket Challenge--yes, we will surely have another next year--prizes were to be awarded to the top three brackets in our challenge. And this morning, we're happy to announce our winners!

LBU Bracket Challenge 2011: Elite Eight Update

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After three full rounds (no, we're not including the play-in round) complete in the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, we're already looking at some pretty rough brackets in our LBU Bracket Challenge. But a few have really broken away from the pack, while others can still make up ground and push to place after all is said and done.

The Elite Eight games start today and finish tomorrow. Here's the schedule:

26 March
(8)Butler vs (2)Florida - 4:30 p.m. on CBS
(5)Arizona vs (3)UConn - 7:05 p.m. on CBS
27 March
(11)Virginia Commonwealth vs. (1)Kansas - 2:20 p.m. on CBS
(4)Kentucky vs. (2)North Carolina - 5:05 p.m. on CBS

Lastly, here are the updated LBU Bracket Challenge standings, heading into the Elite Eight:

2011 Linebacker-U.com Tournament Challenge - Now With Working Brackets! And Free Stuff!

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With all apologies over the CBS bracket mix-up (I blame them, somehow, but since I created the group, feel free to make fun of me in the comments as the only person to fail at making a tournament challenge), we have created a new ESPN group. This group is public, does not require a password, and is on ESPN. If this doesn't work, I give up.

The rules remain the same: no profane/vulgar names, free stuff to the winner, play-in games are meaningless (entries due by Thursday, noonish) and Sheenisms at your own risk. Follow the URL and get started today!

URL - http://games.espn.go.com/tcmen/en/group?groupID=135268
And if, for some reason, that doesn't work, search ESPN for group name "LBU".

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