Some Notes From Today

1) What's wrong with this statement: The Yankees and the Rays, dueling in a scoreless game in the eighth inning, Rasner having started for the pinstripes...

[EDIT: So it's not scoreless any more, but it was when I started this post!]

2) So I get not calling Davidson and Western Kentucky getting lucky, but how the heck does my brother bet San Diego on a coin flip and I...don't? St. Joe's and Vanderbilt are killing me as well. As my brother said, "Madness? THIS IS MARCH!" (don't worry, he hasn't kicked me into a bottomless well...)

Also, when they do those studies about how March Madness costs millions in productivity, they need to study how many hours of productivity college students lose...

3) I know my posts have been sporadic of late; this week has been fairly tough academically wise and it'll get worse over the next few weeks before it gets better. Until it clears up, I do apologize.

4) Tampa's offering two tickets to opening day for $20. I am very, very tempted. However, on that note, I will find out around dinnertime tomorrow whether or not I have tickets to Yankees-Sox on my birthday next month. If I do go, I'll make specially sure to take some great photos.

5) Brian Bruney still can't locate.

6) Some of you have asked about "The Season". I am still working on it, and apologize for the lack of updates. There's a reason for it, but I don't want to get into it right now. Let's just call it a secret.

Brackets, Not Braces

I know I owe a season team preview, the Nationals are up next, but I'll likely have to do two tomorrow.

Anyway. Syracuse still has my heart broken. Round One upset picks in bold. Most picks are from my gut and have no scientific basis.


Play in Game: Mt. Saint Mary's over Coppin State.

Round One:

UNC over Mt. St. Mary's.
Indiana over Arkansas
Notre Dame over George Mason
Washington St. over Winthrop
St. Joe's over Oklahoma
Louisville over Boise State
Butler over South Alabama
Tennessee over American
Kansas over Portland State
Kent State over UNLV
Clemson over Villanova
Vanderbilt over Siena
USC over Kansas State
Wisconsin over Cal State Fullerton
Gonzaga over Davidson
Georgetown over UMBC
Memphis over Texas Arlington
Oregon over MSU
Temple over MSU
Pitt over Oral Roberts
Marquette over Kentucky
Stanford over Cornell
Miami over St. Mary's
Texas over Austin Peay
UCLA over MVSU
BYU over Texas A+M
Drake over Western Kentucky
Connecticut over San Diego
Purdue over Baylor
Georgia over Xavier
Arizona over West Virginia
Duke over Belmont


Round Two:
UNC over Indiana
Notre Dame over Washington State
St. Joe's over Louisville
Tennessee over Butler
Kansas over Kent State
Clemson over Vanderbilt
Wisconsin over USC
Georgetown over Gonzaga
Memphis over Oregon
Pitt over Temple
Stanford over Marquette
Texas over Miami
UCLA over BYU
Connecticut over Drake
Purdue over Georgia
Duke over Arizona

Sweet Sixteen:

UNC over Notre Dame
Tennessee over St. Joe's
Clemson over Kansas
Georgetown over Wisconsin
Pitt over Memphis
Stanford over Texas
UCLA over Connecticut
Duke over Purdue

Elite Eight

UNC over Tennesee
Clemson over Georgetown
Pitt over Stanford
UCLA over Duke

Final Four

UNC over Clemson
Pitt over UCLA

Pitt over UNC