But retirement turned to rejuvenation, and Henin, 27, of Belgium, was here charging through the bracket again as a fear-inducing 22nd seed.
Armed with a No. 5 seed this year, Soderling stormed the bracket again, barely tested until his four-set, fourth-round victory over No. 10 Marin Cilic.
Since being blatantly patronized has no negative effect on me, I went ahead and made the group, tracked down all the email addresses, and sent the information and password to my basketball friends, and I did it in such a way that I'll probably never be asked to set up the bracket again, which was my goal in the first place.
The bond's appreciation is taxed at the individual's tax bracket, again for most top executives 56%.
Much like at Tjørnuvík, such bracketing again proved particularly useful here given the plateau in the calibration curve around this time, and the generally increased need for chronological precision at this near end of the radiocarbon dating range.
And there was 10th-seeded Iowa State, nearly muddying up the bracket yet again, if not for a key steal by Deshaun Thomas with less than a minute remaining.
So as you fill out those brackets (and then revise them again and again) here are five double-digit seeds capable of becoming this year's tournament darlings -- and of making you the envy of your office pool.
Thankfully, the bracket will come alive again tonight.
Then again, my bracket would have been sort of great if Robert Morris (15) had managed to upset Villanova (2), as it looked for a while like it might.
While Rosenthal and Witt were first-time winners in the men's division, the women's bracket was dominated once again by Kerri Walsh and Misty May, who easily moved past Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, 21-17, 21-11.
