March Madness Bracket Contests 2011

Just like last year, the team here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives has done all the research for you to make the most of your March Madness 2011 experience. Hint to our readers: the contests get better as you scroll down.

First, ESPN has posted their 2011 March Madness Tournament Challenge, and I'm afraid $10,000 is not nearly as interesting as a million bucks. You'd think with sponsors like State Farm and Sprint, ESPN could pony up the money to make it a little more interesting for us.

The CBS Sports Bracket Challenge is offering a chance to win four tickets to the 2012 Final Four.
The good news: this year, BracketContest.com is again offering to pay one million dollars for the perfect bracket. The bad news: two years ago, all I had to give up to register was my e-mail address, snail mail address, and phone number, and they kept my mailbox full of scantily clad women and swimsuit calendars all year long. Last year, prizes would only be paid to participants that have an active account at Jazz Sportsbook or ABC Islands. An active account is defined as having funds and having played at least $50 during four out of the past seven days. Last year I passed on giving up my bank account and stuck with the free stuff....this year, I can't tell if they're going to require more information from me before I can submit my million-dollar-bracket...will let you know. I'm sending the swimsuit calendars to my office this year to keep the boys guessing.

WRALSportsFan.com has a $1,000,000 Bracket Challenge. Getting 1 or 2 wrong gets you $10,000. Miss 3 games and you can still win $1,000.

So here's the best perfect bracket contest I've found: Yahoo is offering a shot at $1 million in the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick 'Em 2011!! Each person/household/Yahoo ID can fill out five (5) different brackets for five shots at the million bucks.

Having found our readers all of the March Madness Perfect Bracket Challenges you need AND cheered the local Mendham Patriots 5th grade girls to a 15-14 buzzer beater victory over Chester. Roxiticus Desperate Housewives must rest. Stay tuned for more March Madness and if you're the one with the perfect bracket, please thank us with an appropriate share of your winnings.

Local March Madness on Selection Sunday 3/13: Mendham vs. Chester Girls Basketball

The Mendham Patriots 5th grade girls’ travel basketball team finished their inaugural season in the Garden State League with 11 wins and 3 losses. After receiving a first round bye Mendham now opens the playoffs at home against arch rival Chester. Chester is fresh off a stunning victory at Hanover and is looking to avenge a February defeat at home at the hands of the Patriots. This one has all the makings of a nip and tuck battle that will go down to the final buzzer. Chester will bring a large contingent of friends and family with them so Mendham girls really need your help to maintain the home court advantage.

Game time is Sunday, March 13th, 3:30 PM at Mendham Township Middle School.

We hope to see you all there… Go Patriots!

March Madness Perfect Bracket Contests 2010

Just like last year, the team here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives has done all the research for you to make the most of your March Madness 2010 experience. Hint to our readers: the contests get better as you scroll down.

First, ESPN has posted their 2010 March Madness Tournament Challenge, and I'm afraid $10,000 is not nearly as interesting as a million bucks. You'd think with sponsors like State Farm and Sprint, ESPN could pony up the money to make it a little more interesting for us.

The CBS Sports Bracket Challenge is offering a chance to win a new car from Infiniti... the 2011 Infiniti M.

The good news: this year, BracketContest.com is again offering to pay one million dollars for the perfect bracket. The bad news: last year, all I had to give up to register was my e-mail address, snail mail address, and phone number, and they kept my mailbox full of scantily clad women and swimsuit calendars all year long. This year, the prizes will only be paid to participants that have an active account at Jazz Sportsbook or ABC Islands. An active account is defined as having funds and having played at least $50 during four out of the past seven days. I'm going to pass and stick with the free stuff.

WRALSportsFan.com has a $1,000,000 Bracket Challenge. Getting 1 or 2 wrong gets you $10,000. Miss 3 games and you can still win $1,000.


So here's the best perfect bracket contest I've found: Yahoo is offering a shot at $1 million in the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick 'Em 2010!! Each person/household/Yahoo ID can fill out five (5) different brackets for five shots at the million bucks.

Having found our readers all of the March Madness Perfect Bracket Challenges you need, Roxiticus Desperate Housewives must take London and Maddie over to Mendham Township Elementary School for the big kids vs. parents game celebrating the last Mendham Patriots basketball clinic this year.

So stay tuned for Selection Sunday, and if you're the one with the perfect bracket, please thank us with an appropriate share of your winnings.

Music Monday: (London and Maddie Sign Up for Mendham Patriots) Basketball with Lil Bow Wow

It's a school holiday here in the Roxiticus Valley, and London, Maddie and I are enjoying a lazy Monday morning.  I'm wearing my leopard jammies, and Rex is in the kitchen making chocolate chip pancakes.  We just signed up for Mendham Patriots Basketball (just recreational clinics on Saturday this year, but London will probably try out for the travel team when she reaches fourth grade), so our Music Monday pick is from Lil Bow Wow... we love that basketball!



::Chorus::Fundisha::

They're playing basketball (JD:Uh, all around the world)
We love that basketball (Uh, to the beat y'all)
They're playin basketball (lets go)
(All around the world)
we love that basketball
they're playin basketball
We love that basketball (y'all know this is So-So Def)
They're playing basketball (To the beat y'all)
We love that basketball (Yeah)
They're playing basketball
We love that basketball (Bow Wow:Yeah)

[Bow Wow]
Now basketball is my favorite sport, I like the way they dribble up and down the court, I keep it so fresh on the microphone, I like no interuption when the game is on, I like slam dunk that take me to the hoop, My favorite play is the alioop, I like the pick and roll, I like the give and go & its basketball bow wow, LETS GO!

::Chorus::Fundisha::
They're playing basketball (Uh,all around the world)
We love that basketball (Yeah, to the beat y'all)
They're playing basketball
We love that basketball

[Bow Wow]
Yeah, yo
I got the rock in my hands
There ain’t no tellin what i’m gonna do wit it
When i got possession i’m gonna have to fool wit it
I might cross you up and fake one way
Turn around and hit you wit the MJ fade-away
I throwin down passes like J-Kidd
Taking cats to the rack
And I’m dunkin over them like T-Mac
When I’m in the paint I play wit that Alonzo style
I’m like darious cuz I can shoot 2 miles

[Fabulous]
Don’t too many players get offers like me
I’m back-n-forth likely
Shake the checks off your nikes
They almost had me in a suit at the draft
Cuz it look like a freethrow
When I be shootin from half
The first step like Iverson, blow pass you
He’ll leave nuthin but net, but i can go blast too
When I’m in the paint the defense so shook
They don’t know if I’m gonna put up a slow hook or dish up a no-look
See my game consist of whole lotta.....
Moves you would think I learned from the Harlem Globe Trotters
JD gonna lead us to a ring
Fab and Bow Wow is the only players that makes the cheerleaders wanna sing

::Chorus::
They're playing basketball (put it up, put it up. put it up now)
We love that basketball (put it up, put it up, put it up now)
They're playing basketball (ya)
We love that basketball (put it up, put it up, put it up now)
They're playing basketball
We love that basketball

[Jermaine Dupri]
Now tell me were you in the joint
The night MJ scored 63 points
When the Lakers won titles back-to-back
Didn’t give nobody no kind of slack
When Vince Carter came
Stuck his arm in the rim
Everybody went crazy in the whole damn gym
Dikembe Mutumbo standing tall
Playing D wit desire
Its Basketball

::Chorus::Fundisha::
They're playing basketball (Uh, all around the world)
We love that basketball
They're playing basketball (put it up, put it up, put it up now)
We love that basketball
They're playing basketball (Uh, all around the world)
We love that basketball
They're playing basketball (put it up, put it up, put it up now)
We love that basketball

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March Madness and a Visit from the Tooth Fairy

March Madness continues here in the Roxiticus Valley. We started the day with a little madness of our own, the last Mendham Patriots girls' basketball clinic for London and Maddie. Now Rex's son PostBoy's alma mater, the Villanova Wildcats, are giving UCLA a whupping.

At the half, it was time to pull London's ninth tooth, a sharp little canine tooth that she's been wiggling for a few weeks. It's been about a year since the Tooth Fairy paid a visit to our house, so we're all wondering what she'll hide under London's pillow tonight.

March Madness Continues with No Million Bucks for Roxy

You know what they say, don't quit your day job. I'm up working late on a sale assignment, with some great March Madness basketball to keep me company. I had a perfect bracket (15 for 15) going into the last game of the night, Illinois (#5 seed) vs. Western Kentucky (#12 seed). At one point in the evening, while UCLA battled it out to overcome VCU, I had noticed in the background that Illinois was down by 17 points and I thought it was over. However, they came back strong at the end of the second half, but lost it (and my million bucks), 76-72.

I guess it's time to start looking for the Second Chance Bracket Busted contests...do any of you still have a perfect bracket after the first 16 games?

March Madness Perfect Bracket Contests 2009

Just like last year, the team here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives has done all the research for you to make the most of your March Madness 2009 experience. Hint to our readers: the contests get better as you scroll down.

First, ESPN has posted their 2009 March Madness Tournament Challenge, and I'm afraid $10,000 is not nearly as interesting as a million bucks. You'd think with sponsors like State Farm and Sprint, ESPN could pony up the money to make it a little more interesting for us.

The CBS Sports Bracket Challenge is also offering a chance to win $10,000.

WRAL.com has stepped up the prizes this year with a new sponsor, Carolina Ale House, and a $1,000,000 Bracket Challenge. It looks like you can fill in your bracket as the tournament goes along instead of the full bracket up front.

All Roads to the Final Four Lead to BracketContest.com:

This year, BracketContest.com is again offering to pay one million dollars for the perfect bracket. All I had to give up to register was my e-mail address, snail mail address, and phone number. One important rule: only one entry per person/household, so make it a good one. While there are several other sites that show up with this contest on Google, all of them appear to link to BracketContest.com.

What would be better than a million bucks? Last year, Yahoo offered a shot at $5 million in the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick 'Em 2008!! This year, Yahoo! has cut back to $1 million, but they still let each person/household/Yahoo ID fill out five (5) different brackets for five shots at the million bucks.

Having found our readers all of the March Madness Perfect Bracket Challenges you need, Roxiticus Desperate Housewives must read London and Maddie their bedtime stories. If you're the one with the perfect bracket, please thank us with an appropriate share of your winnings.

Music Monday: March Madness Begins with One Shining Moment by Luther Vandross, Featuring the 2003 NCAA Champion Syracuse Orangemen

Back in the 1980s, when I attended Syracuse University, I was too focused on my studies to care much about the basketball team, even though I lived next door to the shiny new Carrier Dome. Since then, I have mellowed a lot, married Rex, and given birth to two basketball-loving little girls (that's six-week-old London on the left in her Syracuse Orange bib), and our family has come to celebrate the time of year known as March Madness.... the NCAA college basketball championships and tournament.

As I posted here on Saturday, if you love college basketball or you'd love to have a million bucks, stay tuned to Roxiticus Desperate Housewives, where we'll be providing the links to all the free NCAA Million Dollar Bracket contests.

It has been six long years since the Orangemen won the NCAA tournament in 2003, but as March Madness gets underway with Championship Week starting this Thursday, I thought I'd share One Shining Moment with all of you.



The ball is tipped
and there you are
you're running for your life
you're a shooting star
And all the years
no one knows
just how hard you worked
but now it shows...
(in) ONE SHINING MOMENT, IT'S ALL ON THE LINE
ONE SHINING MOMENT, THERE FROZEN IN TIME

But time is short
and the road is long
in the blinking of an eye
ah that moment's gone
And when it's done
win or lose
you always did your best
cuz inside you knew...
(that) ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU REACHED DEEP INSIDE
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU KNEW YOU WERE ALIVE

Feel the beat of your heart
feel the wind in your face
it's more than a contest
it's more than a race...

And when it's done
win or lose
you always did your best
cuz inside you knew...
(that) ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU REACHED FOR THE SKY
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU KNEW
ONE SHINING MOMENT, YOU WERE WILLING TO TRY
ONE SHINING MOMENT....


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March Madness Is Coming!

When I first started blogging in earnest back in February 2008, one of the first things I shared with my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers was my love of March Madness college basketball. It occasionally divides our household, when London and I root for my alma mater, the Syracuse Orangemen, and Maddie and Rex root for PostBoy's alma mater, the Villanova Wildcats. One year later, we're coming up on one of our family's favorite times of year... the end of winter, preparations for Maddie's 7th birthday, and bracketology time!

For those of you who are interested in winning a million bucks, stay tuned... I've just started researching the best web sites to win a million dollars for my perfect bracket in the NCAA Tournament. As of today -- Saturday, February 28th and the start of "Judgment Week," the last week of regular season college basketball games -- neither ESPN nor Sports Illustrated have posted any big money contests. A Google search on "March Madness million dollar bracket" points out the gambling sites that want access to your credit card or bank account in order to enter their "free" contests. A few years back, before they required the financial background info to enter their contests, I signed up, including my mailing address, and they've given me all the swimsuit calendars a girl could ever want.

I will hope that as championship week gets underway and the Madness begins, the large sports sites like ESPN and Sports Illustrated, as well as big players like AOL and Yahoo, will launch free contests. In the meantime, take note of the following important dates:

• Thursday, March 5th through Sunday, March 15th: NCAA Championship Week
• Sunday, March 15th at 6:00pm: Selection Sunday, when the 65 teams are announced
• Tuesday, March 17th through Monday, April 6th: NCAA Tournament
  

Stay tuned and we'll keep you up to date on the million dollar opportunities, sports fans!

Ooh, Growin' Up

Rex always says that the best age for kids is from 5 to 12, when they're old enough to let you relax with some grown-up time on your own, but not yet teenagers who think they know it all and that you know nothing.

Tonight proved that to me. Rex's mom (Grammy) and Rex's old high school girlfriend, Judy, came over for the afternoon through dinner. Rex gave his old flame a tour of the Roxiticus Valley, then served a delicious dinner of Bacon-Wrapped Maple Pork Loin, Yukon Gold Potatoes, and Men's Favorite Salad. I forgot to take a picture of the meal to post here, but my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives should know that it was another Michelin one-star meal. If you're lucky, I'll get my Rex's Recipes blog up and running and post the recipes there for all of you to enjoy.

Here's how I know my girls are growin' up....we grown-ups were actually able to enjoy after-dinner conversation in our living room, surrounded by our own modern furniture in the elegance Esther (the prior owner of Tranquility) left here in the form of polished wide-board cherry wood floors, window treatments, tasteful paint and crown moldings. The girls played the piano and showed off their ballet and Irish step dancing moves, but basically left us to our adult conversation while they played quietly in the family room.

Huge bonus: the girls came in to the living room regularly to update us on the basketball scores....we're still shocked that Memphis beat UCLA, 78-63 and that Kansas is 20+ points ahead of my beloved TarHeels.

March Madness: Final Four Down to Two Tonight!

Here's the schedule for tonight's March Madness basketball:

#1 UCLA takes on #1 Memphis, tipoff at 6:07pm on CBS.

#1 UNC takes on #1 Kansas, tipoff at 8:47pm on CBS.

Go TarHeels!! I still have a shot at second place in my friend's office pool if UNC wins it all....unfortunately, I can't win the $1000 first place jackpot since some guy in the IT training department picked the same teams as I did from here on in, but he scored one more point in the earlier rounds of the tournament. The Roxiticus Desperate Housewives have already missed out on Yahoo's $5 million bucks for a perfect bracket, can't believe we're second to some guy with a technical school background....what do these guys from tech schools know about basketball??!!

Can anyone guess today's magic words?

March Madness: Davidson Almost Makes It to the Final Four

We left the Roxiticus Valley today for a visit to Westchester to see Brent and Fitz's new house. The weather was nice for a drive, and on the way up we took the scenic route over Bear Mountain. For lunch, Brent cooked several southern specialties, including shrimp & sausage over grits. If I can get him to give me the recipe, I'll have to post it to my upcoming Rex's Recipes blog. On the way home, we took the "town and country route," through Ossining, Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown. The girls were on the lookout for the Headless Horseman in Sleepy Hollow, but all we saw was an ultrasound technician school along the way.

We made it home in time to see the last half of the Kansas-Davidson game. I had been expecting it to be a blowout....Kansas has been playing well, and while Davidson is a highly academic small liberal arts college, it's not really much bigger than the ultrasound tech school we passed on Route 287. Rex tells me that Davidson plays in Division III in all of its other sports, so it is unusual that they were able to attract a player like Stephen Curry, whose dad played pro ball.

I missed the first half driving home, but apparently Davidson led for most of the first half, and Kansas was in the middle of a 7-2 run to take the lead when I turned the TV on. Great basketball for the rest of the game, with Kansas squeaking out a 59-57 victory....only devastating that Curry did not take the last shot of the game. If he had, the outcome could have been dramatically different. Maybe it's better this way, since I picked Kansas to make it to the Final Four in my less-than-perfect bracket, and even though I missed out on the $5 million from Yahoo! I still have a shot at a thousand bucks in my friend's office pool.

The consolation for Davidson is that we were all impressed that they got this far, and that Stephen Curry is just a sophomore and plans to return for his junior season. Curry may be hitting NBA 3-pointers, but at least for now, he's not going pro....neither as an NBA player nor an ultrasound technologist. We'll hope Cinderella returns to the dance next year.

First Video Post: Roxiticus Desperate Housewives Love a Little Honesty!

I saw this YouTube video on someone else's blog and had to have it for my own.

If you came here looking for March Madness Second Chance bracket contests, the Sweet Sixteen started last night, so you're too late to get in on the action. Unfortunately for me, I picked West Virginia to beat Xavier in all five of my Yahoo! million dollar brackets. However, if you've still got a chance, you can click here to check your Yahoo! million dollar second chance bracket but I bet you'll laugh if you watch this video first. Search YouTube for "Ooh Girl!" or "Man in the Box" for more great laughs.

If you came here looking for haiku, click here.



Thanks to Jaded Sunburns for the laugh.

March Madness: Bracket Busted? Second Chance Contests

Friday's four big upsets in Tampa made NCAA history and busted everyone's perfect brackets. It was a great day of basketball, but not such a great day if you had hoped to make an easy $$ million. So the Roxiticus Desperate Housewives are going to get back to work and find the best March Madness Bracket Buster Second Chance contests.

• AOL launched their Second Chance Sweet Sixteen Contest on Monday, March 24th. I just went there to fill in my new brackets and noted that "there is no prizing in AOL 2008 Second Chance Challenge." At AOL, we'd be in it for the pride, not the prize....so skip down like I did to the Yahoo! contest....while the odds of winning may be one in a bajillion, there's still a million bucks at stake!




• Yahoo! will let you register for their Second Chance Bracket Contest right now (to make you feel better about your busted bracket), but you can't start to fill in your Sweet Sixteen bracket until all of the teams are determined on Monday, March 24th. I should mention in bold that Yahoo appears to be offering one million dollars in their Second Chance contest!! The eligible Entrant that correctly identifies all of the following will be declared the $1 million Grand Prize winner: (1) the winning team for each of the 15 Final Games; (2) the Total Half-Time Score of the Championship Game; and 3) the Final Score for each team playing in the Championship Game. In the event no Entrant correctly identifies each of the foregoing (i.e., the correct winning teams for all fifteen (15) of the Final Games as well as the Total Half-Time Score and the Final Scores for each team of the Championship Game), the Grand Prize will not be awarded. Seems like better odds than the "one in a quintillion" quoted for a perfect bracket starting with 64 teams....


• CBS continues to offer huge cash prizes like $500 and $750 in its Round by Round Brackets contest. That's about as exciting as a fleece vest from John McCain.

I should probably clarify that I have only listed contests that are free, free, free, with no strings attached. If you're open to giving up bank account & credit card information, making a deposit for your online gambling future, and receiving a lifetime supply of bikini girl calendars, Vegas Watch has compiled another list of March Madness contests, as well as a fascinating analysis of the odds of a perfect bracket....roughly 1 in 7.2 trillion. Maybe I should focus on New Jersey's MegaMillions jackpot instead.

Your Mother's A Hoya (Georgetown Goes Home)

Congratulations to Cinderella team Davidson (10) for their 74-70 win over #2 seed Georgetown!

Davidson goes on to face Wisconsin (3) on Friday, March 27th.

In other NCAA action:

• Texas (2) squeaked by Miami (7), 75-72.
• Tennessee (2) beat Butler (7), 76-71 in overtime.
• West Kentucky (12) beat San Diego (13), 72-63.

Three more great games going on right now....could someone please come over and take Grandmom home so I can watch the rest of the basketball?

Grandma: She's NOT a Hoya, but she just doesn't understand what all this Madness is about!

March Madness: UCLA Avoids Upset in Final Seconds

Another great day of basketball, with several very very close calls but fewer upsets today:

• UCLA (1) squeezed by Texas A&M (9), 53-49.
• Wisconsin (3) beat Kansas State (11), 72-55.
• Xavier (3) struggled but put away Purdue (6), 85-78.
• Stanford (3) defeated Marquette (6), 82-81 in overtime.
• Washington State (4) beat Notre Dame (5), 61-41.
• Kansas (1) beat UNLV (8), 75-56.
• Michigan State (5) beat Pitt (4), 65-54, in a game that was closer than the final score would lead you to believe.
• The big upset, as noted earlier: West Virginia (7) surprised Duke (2), 73-67, and the Mountaineers are on their way to the Sweet Sixteen!

March Madness: Duke Goes Down

Not so surprisingly after their close call against Belmont (15) in the first round, Duke (2) lost to West Virginia (7), 73-67.

Let the Beatings Begin!

I could mean many different things with that headline...could it be a veiled reference to my current BlogExplosion Battle of the Blogs record of 3 wins and 10 losses? Does it have something to do with the fact that not one of my 22 March Madness brackets was perfect?

Well, maybe its just that I've chosen the wrong sport. While I love that March Madness time of year and look forward to spending the whole month drinking beer while glued to my large-screen TV, I'm just not very good at predicting the winners and losers to score a perfect bracket. Now that Spring is here, I'm thinking about trying my hand at fantasy baseball. Of course, most of my loyal Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers understand that my idea of fantasy baseball is the 1978 New York Yankees under Billy Martin: Mickey Rivers, Thurman Munson, Chris Chambliss, Willie Randolph, Graig Nettles, Lou Piniella, and yes, oh yes, Bucky Dent. Now that's what I call fantasy baseball!

Given my limited success with March Madness, I don't think an amateur baseball fantasizer like me could go into the season hoping to dominate a fantasy baseball league without a little (well, a lot of) help. Luckily, Fantasy Sports Prophet is available to help, with Web-based fantasy baseball software you can access from anywhere. Its player rankings are based on predictive modeling by PhD scientists. It has an advanced draft assistance tool with all the data needed to make the right decision about any player (I was sooo right about you, Bucky!). Full season roster management includes updated mid-season projections via artificial intelligence, and all the stats, injury reports and major updates a baseball fantasizer needs to win the league.





With a whole new sports season stretching out in front of us with big winnings to be had by dominating the fantasy baseball league, now is the time to get started. Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers can use promo code BMC200 to get $10 off. Ladies, the guys will never know what hit them....

March Madness: First Day and 16 Games Over....2 Perfect Brackets

I wish I could take credit for the two perfect brackets...but they both belong to Rex.

• Duke (2) squeezed by Belmont (15), 71-70.
• Kansas State (11) upset USC (6), 80-67.
• Washington State (4) whomped Winthrop (13), 71-40.
• Texas A&M (9) kept us on the edge of our seats before finishing off Brigham Young (8), 67-62.
• Notre Dame (5) had an easy time with George Mason (12), 68-50.
• UCLA (1) humiliated Mississippi Valley State (16), 70-29.
• Wisconsin (3) beat Cal State - Fullerton (14), 71-56.
• West Virginia (7) beat Arizona (10), 75-65, breaking open a close game in the final 2 minutes.

How are all of our loyal Roxiticus Desperate Houswives readers doing with their brackets?

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March Madness Contest Update: Selection Sunday is Here!

SCROLL DOWN TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS POST FOR A CHANCE AT $5,000,000:

The team here at Roxiticus Desperate Housewives has done all the research for you to make the most of your March Madness 2008 experience. Hint to our readers: the contests get better as you scroll down.

First, ESPN has posted their 2008 March Madness Tournament Challenge, and I'm afraid $10,000 is not nearly as interesting as a million bucks. You'd think with sponsors like State Farm and Sprint, ESPN could pony up the money to make it a little more interesting for us.

The CBS Sports Bracket Challenge is offering a chance to win a trip for four to the Final Four in 2009. In Detroit.

Sports Illustrated is running the SI Bracket Challenge through Facebook, with $15,000 in prizes.

The best contest I've found so far (during a search for the dates for the ACC Tournament) is courtesy of WRAL.com and the Carolina Ford Dealers of Raleigh, NC. They're offering $100,000 for someone who picks all the games correctly, and it looks like you fill in your bracket as the tournament goes along instead of the full bracket up front.

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Winner of the most bizarre March Madness site goes to (you'll NEVER guess): John McCain, for his McCain Basketball Bracket web site ("compare your bracket with John McCain's bracket"). Roxiticus Desperate Housewives readers, I AM NOT MAKING THIS UP!! It seems to be a way that John McCain is trying to lure voters in to his official web site to provide good old-fashioned Republican propaganda and to give you the opportunity to donate to his campaign. I love it....but he is not offering $1,000,000 for the perfect bracket. Even if he's elected.

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Won't somebody please offer up a chance for a $1,000,000 perfect bracket?

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Final update as of Selection Sunday, March 16th:

All Roads to the Final Four Lead to BracketContest.com:

Hey, I found one!!! After quite a bit of Googling, I learned that BracketContest.com will pay one million dollars for the perfect bracket. All I had to give up to register was my e-mail address, snail mail address, and phone number. One important rule: only one entry per person/household, so make it a good one. While there are several other sites that show up with this contest on Google, all of them appear to link to BracketContest.com.

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What's better than a million bucks? How about $5 million from Yahoo in the Yahoo Sports Tourney Pick 'Em 2008!! Yahoo even lets each person/household/Yahoo ID fill out five (5) different brackets for five shots at the $5 million.

AOL has also stepped up with five chances to win $1,000,000 with a perfect bracket in BracketMania.

Having found our readers all of the March Madness Perfect Bracket Challenges you need, Roxiticus Desperate Housewives must rest. If you're the one with the perfect bracket, please thank us with an appropriate share of your winnings.