Mr Fantasy

Does rooting for underdogs tickle your fancy? Try the Murray State Racers, or the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, or even the Penn Quakers for a little Ivy League flavor.

You might also enjoy watching the courtside presence of college coaching institutions. Start with Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, and then Arizona's Lute Olson, or even Michigan State's Tom Izzo. Heck, you might even get a kick out of watching the courtside antics of Texas Tech's Bobby Knight, who a lot of people believe should be in an institution.

Regardless, this is the most riveting three weeks in the sporting world, and even though most of you are probably already mulling over the brackets being passed around your workplace, there is an online game with which you can also test your college basketball knowledge.

To get to this game you have to go to the land of sports enthusiasts and funny men Jay Mohr and Jimmy Kimmel. That's right, FoxSports.com is running the Bracket Blast Game, and here's how it works.

After registering, you'll simply fill out each region's bracket, like you're going to do with all the other contests you enter with your friends and coworkers. In a twist that makes the game slightly different, the points awarded to your winning selections are weighted according to the round of the game and the seed of the winning team.

For example, if you pick Duke, the No. 1 seed in the South Region, to beat Winthrop in the opening round, that would net you one point for the Round 1 win and one point for the Blue Devils being the No. 1 seed.

Round 2 wins are worth two points and the points double for every round thereafter, leading to the championship game winner, which will be worth 32 points.

So, you're probably not going to be able to pick the chalk and win this thing. And that could work for you with the way the tournament has played out the last few years.

In fact, No. 10 seeds have fared better than No. 2 seeds recently in making it to the Final Four. And look who's a No. 10 seed this year. None other than the previously mentioned Spartans, who have made it to three of the past four Final Fours.

FoxSports is giving away subscriptions to DIME magazine to the second- through 99th-place finishers. The high scorer will get a trip to Los Angeles to sit in on a taping of the Best Damn Sports Show Period. The trip will also include a tour of the Fox studios and a chance to meet all of the guys involved with the show.

I'm going to fill out a handful of brackets, each one with a different Final Four. But here's how I see one possible scenario:

Duke looks like they have little resistance in the South. Their hardest game might come against USC in the third round. And Jason Williams won't be deni ed. They're in.

In the West, Gonzaga drew a tough possible matchup in the second round, where the Pac-10 tournament-winning Arizona Wildcats will be awaiting them. But they're used to going farther than expected in the tourney, and if they can get by the 'Cats, I think they can win the region.

The Oregon Ducks look like they have a pretty clear path in the bottom portion of the Midwest, and I think the Pac-10 champs might have won the strongest conference in the country. If someone can help them by knocking off Kansas, they could end up in Atlanta.

Normally, I would throw in a team like Michigan State in the East to have at least one underdog scenario covered. But their recent loss to Indiana didn't inspire confidence. And it seems like Maryland and Duke are destined to meet again in the Finals this year, so I'm going with the Terrapins.

Good luck with your picks, and don't waste any time. All of your brackets must be filled out by noon Eastern Time on Thursday, March 14.

You can e-mail Greg Lucas at greg@mrfantasy.com