It’s halftime of the first game of the 2024 NCAA tournament, which means the Glimm is under way! As the games begin, let’s take a look at key numbers for this year’s pool:

266: Number of entries into the Glimm men’s tournament

42: Number of entries in the Glimm women’s tournament (which means a lot of you need to submit a women’s bracket before games start tomorrow!)

91: The number of Glimm brackets that picked UConn to win the national championship

21: Number of different teams picked by Glimmers to win a national championship

13: Seed of Vermont, the lowest seed of a team picked to win it all. Stephanie Kleinbaum, my daughter, made the pick, because we went to Vermont (the state, not the school) last month and she loved it

12: Former Glimm champions in the pool this year, headlined by back-to-back definding champ Kelly Bohling.

16: Entrees competing for the Kids Championship (but defending kids champ Rose Varley must have aged out?)

7: Entries by Glimm family members competing for the Glimm Scholarship

4: Entries submitted by Evan Kwarta

2: Entries submitted by people other than Evan Kwarta with names related to Evan’s bowel movements

LESS THAN USUAL: Number of email updates you can expect to see during the Glimm this year, compared to past years. My kids’ spring break is smack in the middle of the tournament, which means I’ll spend a chunk of it on a beach in Mexico. I’ll do my best to keep the standings updated on theglimm.com, but probably won’t be as vigilant about sending my usual notes.