Madness and Insanity
In order to avoid making this, my March Madness preview, a complete and total bore to those of you who don't give a damn, I will wax political for a moment before diving in. The NCAA is the biggest sham in the country today (after our Village Idiot President, but I hope that goes without saying). I am middle of the road when it comes to unions: they serve their purpose for groups of people well but frequently they far out-last their need and welcome (I'm looking at the Baseball Players Association). College atheletes, and specifically male Football and Basketball atheletes, are subjust to the most egregious exploitation since Ike beat Tina to keep her in line. The NCAA runs a basketball tournament where the #1 activity AROUND this tournament is filling out and betting on brackets and yet these atheletes are not allowed to hold a job (let alone get paid by the schools making millions off of their efforts) in order to avoid the threat of gambling interests paying off atheletes to work phoney jobs. The NCAA makes BILLIONS of $ off of this tournament and yet a poor kid can't work at McDonalds over the summer to help out his family. What would be the harm in letting the kids work for companies that are official sponsors of the NCAA events. Let kids flip burgers or hand out Viagra. If the NCAA deems the company saintly enough to sponsor their events, why wouldn't they be saintly enough to pay kids on the up-n-up? It's a mystery and a crime and should be stopped.
On the bracket!!!! (hey, I never claimed I wasn't a part of it, I just recognize my hypocracy)
We'll spoil the ending right off the top: I like UNC. Usually I hate picking #1 seeds to win it all, but in this case, they are so solid and have such superior talent than any other team in the field that, as long as they stay focused, they're unstoppable. That's the trick: they lose focus very easily. However, I think now that they're dancing, I don't think they'll come off the floor. In their region, Syracue (I miss when they just called it East), UConn is a 2 seed and the highest Big East seed. By the way, the Big East is by far the best top to bottom conference in the country and all these morons that put teams like Syracuse at a 4 seed and Pitt at a 9 seed are going to look foolish by the end of play on Sunday. But I digress. Kansas is a 3. Those are the only other teams that will challange. Florida is hot at the moment but WAY overrated. Plus they're the Gators so they automatically suck in my book. This bracket will be relatively straight forward with favorites winning, for the most part.
I have UNC facing Syracuse in the Final Four. Syracuse is in the Austin (artist formerly known as South) region. Their top competition is Duke, Michigan State, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Duke gets a 1 seed because winning the ACC tournament automatically gets any team a 1 seed and a blow job from Dick Vitale. They will be DEMOLISHED by Syracuse in the Sweet 16. McNamera can match Riddick shot for shot and 'Cuse actually has an inside game. Oklahoma is Florida Memorial Overrate team in this bracket and I see them losing over the weekend to Utah. Kentucky will pose the biggest threat but they aren't as deep, coming frorm a soft SEC. Yes, I said it, dammit! The SEC is filled with a bunch of panty sniffing wusses!
Who UNC faces in the Final is REAL tough. I picked Oklahoma State at a coin flip and mainly because their more physical than the other Final Four team (you'll have to wait for the next paragraph). I like physical teams in teh NCAA. That's why I like them over Illinois. Yes, the Illini have had a great season and, for the Big Ten, they are VERY physical. But the Big Ten is a very young and not very deep conference this year. Going through that schedule with one loss would have been like going through teh Big East football schedule this past year with one loss. They won't know what to do with a team like OK St. No one else in this region to write home about. I would be the least bit surprised if the 3 (Arizona), 4 (Boston College), 5 (Alabama) and 6 (LSU) teams all got upset in the opening round. This bracket is going to KILL people's pools.
That leaves us with our final Final Four team coming from Pitt's bracket, Albuquerque (aka West). No, I don't realistically see them making it to the Final Four. BUT, if there were a bracket where I'd want them to be because I don't see a single team that could kill them, this is it. I'm taking Wake Forest. They are by far the best team in the bracket. I do see Pitt upsetting #1 seed Washington in the second round on Saturday (if you're wondering where to find me Saturday morning, now you know). Unfortuantely, my sleeper before the brackets were announced, Louisville, will be the Sweet 16 opponent. And if Louisville were going against any teams other than UNC or Wake (who has an amazing point gaurd, which is like having a infinite live in Super Mario Brothers) in the Great 8, they'd be in my Final 4. But alas. This bracket also has everyone's favorite one-time Cinderella pick, Gonzaga, as a 3 seed. Unfortunately for Gonzaga, they used to do much better back in the day when no one took them seriously.
So there you have it: one man's look from the top down. I wish people would recognize the Big East for the Basketball Force that it truely is. Pitt would be a 6 seed, 'Cuse a 3. WVU a 6. Villanova a 4. Whatever. They're all morons. And yes, if Pitt makes it out of Boise and finds their way to Albuquerque, I will do everythign in my power to be in attendance.
On the bracket!!!! (hey, I never claimed I wasn't a part of it, I just recognize my hypocracy)
We'll spoil the ending right off the top: I like UNC. Usually I hate picking #1 seeds to win it all, but in this case, they are so solid and have such superior talent than any other team in the field that, as long as they stay focused, they're unstoppable. That's the trick: they lose focus very easily. However, I think now that they're dancing, I don't think they'll come off the floor. In their region, Syracue (I miss when they just called it East), UConn is a 2 seed and the highest Big East seed. By the way, the Big East is by far the best top to bottom conference in the country and all these morons that put teams like Syracuse at a 4 seed and Pitt at a 9 seed are going to look foolish by the end of play on Sunday. But I digress. Kansas is a 3. Those are the only other teams that will challange. Florida is hot at the moment but WAY overrated. Plus they're the Gators so they automatically suck in my book. This bracket will be relatively straight forward with favorites winning, for the most part.
I have UNC facing Syracuse in the Final Four. Syracuse is in the Austin (artist formerly known as South) region. Their top competition is Duke, Michigan State, Oklahoma and Kentucky. Duke gets a 1 seed because winning the ACC tournament automatically gets any team a 1 seed and a blow job from Dick Vitale. They will be DEMOLISHED by Syracuse in the Sweet 16. McNamera can match Riddick shot for shot and 'Cuse actually has an inside game. Oklahoma is Florida Memorial Overrate team in this bracket and I see them losing over the weekend to Utah. Kentucky will pose the biggest threat but they aren't as deep, coming frorm a soft SEC. Yes, I said it, dammit! The SEC is filled with a bunch of panty sniffing wusses!
Who UNC faces in the Final is REAL tough. I picked Oklahoma State at a coin flip and mainly because their more physical than the other Final Four team (you'll have to wait for the next paragraph). I like physical teams in teh NCAA. That's why I like them over Illinois. Yes, the Illini have had a great season and, for the Big Ten, they are VERY physical. But the Big Ten is a very young and not very deep conference this year. Going through that schedule with one loss would have been like going through teh Big East football schedule this past year with one loss. They won't know what to do with a team like OK St. No one else in this region to write home about. I would be the least bit surprised if the 3 (Arizona), 4 (Boston College), 5 (Alabama) and 6 (LSU) teams all got upset in the opening round. This bracket is going to KILL people's pools.
That leaves us with our final Final Four team coming from Pitt's bracket, Albuquerque (aka West). No, I don't realistically see them making it to the Final Four. BUT, if there were a bracket where I'd want them to be because I don't see a single team that could kill them, this is it. I'm taking Wake Forest. They are by far the best team in the bracket. I do see Pitt upsetting #1 seed Washington in the second round on Saturday (if you're wondering where to find me Saturday morning, now you know). Unfortuantely, my sleeper before the brackets were announced, Louisville, will be the Sweet 16 opponent. And if Louisville were going against any teams other than UNC or Wake (who has an amazing point gaurd, which is like having a infinite live in Super Mario Brothers) in the Great 8, they'd be in my Final 4. But alas. This bracket also has everyone's favorite one-time Cinderella pick, Gonzaga, as a 3 seed. Unfortunately for Gonzaga, they used to do much better back in the day when no one took them seriously.
So there you have it: one man's look from the top down. I wish people would recognize the Big East for the Basketball Force that it truely is. Pitt would be a 6 seed, 'Cuse a 3. WVU a 6. Villanova a 4. Whatever. They're all morons. And yes, if Pitt makes it out of Boise and finds their way to Albuquerque, I will do everythign in my power to be in attendance.
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