We’re well into Day 1 of the 2025 Glimm Memorial men’s tournament, and we’ve got some interesting Glimmbits to share:

• We have 286 brackets from 155 people in the men’s pool this year.
  
• The standings are available here. The kids standings are here. The Glimm Family standings are here. 
  
• Twenty-two different teams were picked to win it all. The most popular was Duke (21.3%). Four teams were picked in just one bracket: Colorado State, Alabama St / St. Francis, Texas Tech and Purdue.
  
• Yes, that means the first person has lost their champion. Diane Davis Otter’s Olives 2 bracket is an early contender for the pity prize: Diane had Alabama St / St. Francis over Montana in the championship game. Both lost today.
  
• Don’t remember who you picked? Go to the standings page and find your bracket (or anyone else’s, for that matter). All of the entry names are clickabile, so you can check out brackets.
  
• We’ve got 19 entries in the Kids competition this year. We’ll also have a Kids competition in the women’s pool for the first time this year. 
  
• Speaking of the women’s competition, it’s not too late to get a bracket in! Games start at 11 a.m. tomorrow, so you have until then to get your bracket in. Right now, we have 62 brackets from 52 people in the women’s pool. That means more than 100 of you have NOT yet entered the women’s pool. It’s not too late!
  
• The new software seems to be working well so far, but there are definitely some bugs. The biggest I’ve found: The ‘Final Four’ teams on the standings page are not correct. The champion and finalists listed are right, but that last column that shows the teams you picked to lose in the Final Four is wrong. I may get around to fixing that this weekend, or it may just stay that way through the tournament. This is only on desktop – that column doesn’t show if you’re looking at your phone.
  
• And for the late games tonight … Go Blue!!!