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As
promised, as advertised--and as if you really care, I've filled out my
NCAA Loser's Bracket. I'd post the whole friggin' bracket here, but I don't want
hear Rat Bastard complaining about his puny little computer crashing
because of some 3 MB picture, so I'll just give you the highlights
lowlights.
I have a couple of first round upsets, but
nothing too radical, I guess. I have UNC-Wilmington (#9 seed) beating
George Washington (#8 seed) because GW's non-conference schedule
included schools such as St. Bernadine's Sisters of the Valley Community
College and the Claire Danes Cosmetology School. Also, I picked
UAB (#9) over Kentucky (#8), Seton Hall (#10) over Wichita State (#7),
UW-Milwaukee (#11) over Oklahoma (#6), and Northern Iowa (#10) over
Georgetown (#7). Actually, now that I look at all of those upsets, I
might have overdone it a bit. Ah well.
In the later rounds, I was a little more
aggressive. In the second round, I see Cal (#7) beating Texas (#2) and
Indiana (#6) stomping Gonzaga (#3). Gonzaga is the second-most overrated
team behind GW. In the Sweet 16, I do believe that we'll be waving
goodbye to three of the four #1 seeds, all courtesy of three #4 seeds:
Duke (by LSU), Memphis (by Kansas), and Villanova (by Boston College).
After that, Iowa (#3), UCLA (#2), Tennessee (#2), and Florida (#3) will
all go down in the Elite 8--which leaves me with a Final Four of U-Conn,
Boston College, LSU, and Kansas (three #4's and a #1--hey, are you
taking notes here? Wake up!).
U-Conn will then beat Boston College and Kansas
will dispatch LSU to set up a Kansas-Connecticut final. And the winner
of the Big Enchilada is: Kansas. Yes, that's right, I said Kansas. Am I
an idiot? Very likely.
The wife's picks are a little more along party
lines, so I'll be nice and spare you the mind-numbing details. Her Final
Four is Texas, UCLA, U-Conn, and Florida. And she has U-Conn beating
UCLA for the championship (glad to see her go out on a limb).
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