Fifth Annual Eddy NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament Competition

It's that time of year again when basketball mania seizes the otherwise tranquil Eddys and sets them into fierce competition with their own kith and kin. To facilitate this process we have once again created a team on the ESPN NCAA Tournament Challenge; this year the team is Eddys 2011 (clever, huh?). Brackets will be open this evening after the teams are announced. Here's how you get into the action:

1. Go to www.espn.com. Mouse over Fantasy and Games then click on Tournament Challenge.
2. Click on Register Now in the upper right corner. If you've not participated before you'll need to register. If you have, you can sign in with your username and password from last year.
3. Then click on Create an Entry. You can fill out your bracket at this point, or you can . . .
4. Select Join a Group and type in Eddys 2011, join the group, and then fill in your bracket.

Here's the ESPN "How to Play" page with more details, should you need them. You've got to get your bracket completed by Thursday noon or you'll miss all the cutthroat competition! We're getting started early this year, folks, so don't miss out.

I tried to figure out setting up divisions (e.g., The Frozen Tundra featuring Michigan Eddys, the Cosmopolitan featuring NYC Eddys, the Southern Fried featuring the Kentucky/Georgia axis, and the Corn Belt featuring the Lafayette-based Eddys), but the system doesn't really allow for it. We'll just hope they're all well represented.