It's Game Day Baybee!!

As anyone who is even an acquaintance knows, I LOVE March Madness. I love the drama, the passion, the stories, the Cinderellas, the athleticism, the coaches, the games. I love the underdogs pulling the upset, I love the team that puts it all together, I love the game planning and counter-planning. I love it all.

And of course, a big part of March Madness is filling out your brackets. You can do it at CBS, or at ESPN, or as part of countless office pools, online pools, and friend-to-friend pools.

I do mine as part of the ESPN Challenge. They've got one for men and one for women, and you can enter multiple brackets. I usually do at least three different brackets for both men and women:

• an Almost Chalk one (the way I actually think it will turn out)
• an Upset Special (throw in some likely upsets along the way)
• an Emotional Favorite one (one of my teams makes a deep run that isn't expected)

So, if you want to see my brackets so far, make the jump and see if you agree:

Men's Challenge

Almost Chalk

• Elite Eight -- Kansas, Ohio St, Kentucky, W Virginia, Syracuse, Kansas St, Duke, Baylor
• Final Four -- Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, Duke
• National Champion -- Kansas

Upset Special 1

• Elite Eight -- Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Marquette, Butler, Kansas St, Louisville, Baylor
• Final Four -- Kansas, Kansas St, Kentucky, Baylor
• National Champion -- Kansas State

Upset Special 2 (the loyalty one)

• Elite Eight -- Kansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, W Virginia, Syracuse, Kansas St, Louisville, Villanova
• Final Four -- Tennessee, Syracuse, Kentucky, Louisville
• National Champion -- Tennessee

Women's Challenge

Almost Chalk

• Elite Eight -- UConn, Ohio St, Stanford, Texas A&M, Tennessee, Duke, Nebraska, Oklahoma
• Final Four -- UConn, Nebraska, Tennessee, Stanford
• National Champion -- UConn

Lady Vols All the Way

• Elite Eight -- UConn, Ohio St, Stanford, Texas A&M, Tennessee,W Virginia , Nebraska, Notre Dame
• Final Four -- UConn, Nebraska, Tennessee, Stanford
• National Champion -- Tennessee

Upset Special 1

• Elite Eight -- UConn, Ohio St, Stanford, Gonzaga, Baylor, Duke, Kentucky, Vermont
• Final Four -- Ohio St, Stanford, Baylor, Kentucky
• National Champion -- Stanford

I may post a few more permutations of the brackets -- but for now, those are my picks. What are yours?