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Thanks to more than the 500 of you that participated in the contest. Here is a look at the final standings:

The top three should contact us at info@insidethehall.com to arrange delivery of their prizes.

On a side note, a couple people have inquired in the comments about coverage of this weekend’s Wazoo Sports Derby Festival Basketball Classic at Freedom Hall in Louisville. We will be at Friday’s event at Bellarmine and at the game on Saturday. Look for coverage on the site beginning either late Friday or early Saturday. If you are interested in attending, ticket information is available here.

Behold the latest standings in the Inside the Hall Pick ‘Em Challenge:

There are a couple of contenders in the second group we created, but if North Carolina wins it all, the top three will likely be from this group. If UNC doesn’t win, then it gets interesting.

The opening weekend of the NCAA Tournament is complete and here are the top three brackets in the current standings of the Pick ‘Em Challenge on Inside the Hall. We had over 500 participants in this year’s contest.

Dumes Soft Elbows: 59 points

• Sweet 16 teams still alive (15): Louisville, Kansas, Michigan State, Connecticut, Purdue, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Villanova, Duke, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Oklahoma
• Final Four: Louisville, Connecticut, Duke, North Carolina
• Winner: Connecticut

Hoosier Daddy: 58 points

• Sweet 16 teams still alive (15): Louisville, Kansas, Michigan State, Connecticut, Purdue, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Villanova, Duke, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Oklahoma
• Final Four: Louisville, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Gonzaga
• Winner: Memphis

Irishprd19: 58 points

• Sweet 16 teams still alive (15): Louisville, Arizona, Kansas, Michigan State, Connecticut, Purdue, Missouri, Memphis, Pittsburgh, Xavier, Duke, North Carolina, Gonzaga, Syracuse, Oklahoma
• Final Four: Louisville, Memphis, Duke, North Carolina
• Winner: Louisville

Note: The original group is full, so we opened up another group for those who missed the first group.

It’s that time of the year again: March Madness. Although our Hoosiers are nowhere to be found, the show must go on.

Just like last season, we’ve opened the Inside the Hall Pick ‘Em Challenge on Yahoo!. One improvement over last year is that we’ve actually got some prizes for the top three brackets in our group from our friends at T.I.S. Bookstore.

• 1st place: $35 gift certificate to T.I.S.
• 2nd place: $15 gift certificate to T.I.S.
• 3rd place: Crean and Crimson T-Shirt

There’s a limit of one bracket per person, so make your choices wisely. And most importantly: Have fun out there and good luck.

The Inside the Hall Pick’em Challenge is back. Just like last year, we’ve set up a group over at Yahoo! where you’ll be able to compete against other ITH’ers for bragging rights.

In addition to the $1 million available from Yahoo! for a perfect bracket and the $10,000 for the top overall bracket, we’ll be giving some prizes out as well. (Still finalizing the details, but an announcement is forthcoming.)

Just like last year, the group is public, so let friends and family know about it. The more, the merrier. Have fun out there, kids.