March is my favorite month. So many wonderful things occur in March. There's Spring Training, St. Patrick's Day, Daylight Savings Time, St. Joseph's Day, NCAA Hockey Championships, Mardi Gras and of course the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Each and every year I spend the 3.25 days between selection Sunday and the first Thursday game of the tournament, agonizing over my bracket. Waiting and watching to see which team will become the final 16th seed to complete the final 64. Who will be my sleepers? Which 8th seed will defeat their 9th seed opponents? Oh and god the upsets. Who will be the upset(s) this year?
Here is my time line-
Today-
*Choose tomorrow night's winner (Niagara vs. Florida A&M)- Still not sure. Probably Niagara, because they feel disrespected that they were given such a low seeding. They had a rough start to the season, but have come back strong and I don't think that they're quite ready for it to be over. This is Florida A&M's first NCAA appearance, which could be good or bad.
*Pencil in my "just by looking at it" picks- I do this every year. From here I go directly to espn.com's coverage of the Tourney. I read the expert picks, including Dick Vitale's. I scan articles of interest, because seriously, if you expect me to know each and every one of these teams by now, well you're crazy. By tomorrow yes, but not today.
Tomorrow- Look over my penciled in picks. Change some things. Flip back and forth between Dog The Bounty Hunter and ESPN all night long.
Wednesday- Talk to Ari. See who he picked. Laugh at his final 4. Research some more. Look at Tim's picks. Laugh at who he picked for upsets. Sigh that he probably picked Duke to get to the final 4. Smile at his loyalty to the Blue Devils. Finalize my picks. Hang our picks on the fridge.
Thursday- AGONIZE over my picks. Refresh ESPN like crazy because the first round games are on during the day. I will also post my picks on this blog. Probably on the sidebar. So come back and check it out.
Who do you like winning the whole thing?
Are you as crazy as I am? Please say yes.
3.12.2007
Let the Madness BEGIN!
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2 comments:
You are CRA-ZY. I find NCAA bracket pools to be the most confusing thing... I go in for baseball, football, and, to some extent, hockey, but basketball as never really captured my imagination.
I'm entertained by most sports; basketball is not one of those sports. And I also take issue with the fact that you listed daylight savings time as a good thing. I'm dragging ass today because of it.
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