March Madness Keeps Me Up at Night

Filling out about 5 brackets definitely was not enough....not for a sports nerd like me. So in the wee hours of Thursday morning, I decided that I would pick every single game in the 2009 NCAA Tournament against the spread. If I had it my way, the Thursday and Friday that the first round of the tourney is played on would be completely free on my schedule every year. Alas, I have school, and work, and other dreadful obligations, but I will catch as much as I can.

March Madness is the official end of the sports lull that happens after the Super Bowl and before Opening Day of the baseball season. It breaks you out of the monotony, the last little burst that gets you to that beautiful, balmy spring air.

I don't know much about half these teams, I'll admit. That said, I enjoy prognosticating more than anyone you know. So take a peak at the 2009 NCAA Tournament First Round Picks Against the spread.


DAY 1 THURSDAY
03/19/09 MemphisU -20
12:30 ET
03/19/09 Maryland +1.5
15:00 ET
03/19/09 Oklahoma -16.5
21:45 ET
03/19/09 Clemson -5
19:15 ET
03/19/09 Purdue -8.5
14:35 ET
03/19/09 MississippiSt +6
17:05 ET
03/19/09 WKentucky +5
22:00 ET
03/19/09 Gonzaga -13
19:30 ET
03/19/09 Binghamton +21.5
21:45 ET
03/19/09 Texas -4
19:15 ET
03/19/09 NorthCarolina -25
14:55 ET
03/19/09 LSU -2
12:25 ET
03/19/09 Connecticut -20.5
15:05 ET
03/19/09 TexasA&M +3
12:35 ET
03/19/09 American +16.5
19:25 ET
03/19/09 VaCommonwealth +7.5
21:55 ET






DAY 2 FRIDAY
03/20/09 MichiganSt -17
21:55 ET
03/20/09 BostonCollege +2.5
19:25 ET
03/20/09 Kansas -10
12:35 ET
03/20/09 Dayton +9
15:05 ET
03/20/09 Missouri -13
15:05 ET
03/20/09 UtahSt +4.5
12:35 ET
03/20/09 FloridaSt -2.5
22:00 ET
03/20/09 PortlandSt +10.5
19:30 ET
03/20/09 Arizona +1
19:15 ET
03/20/09 WakeForest -8
21:45 ET
03/20/09 Syracuse -12
12:20 ET
03/20/09 Temple +5.5
14:50 ET
03/20/09 Louisville -21
19:15 ET
03/20/09 Siena +3
21:45 ET
03/20/09 ETennSt +20
15:00 ET
03/20/09 Tennessee -2
12:30 ET