NEW ORLEANS (Gazette) — I was surprised that the Duke Blue Devils got knocked out of the March Madness Tournament in the 1st Round. New Orleans Pelican Austin Rivers who played his college ball at Duke had his bracket messed up early like mine.

Plus, yes my ESPN bracket is still viable for the ACURA in the ESPN bracket contest. If I win the ACURA I plan to bring my lil’ Potato (and the rest of the gang too of course) to the beach to kick off their spring vacation correctly. If I had won the Billion Dollar Bracket I had planned to buy a nice hotel in South America where we could do spring break regularly. However, Duke’s early loss immediately put those plans on hold.