Busted!

Am I the only one who had Radford in the Elite 8? I totally didn’t see that one coming. Unless you got really crazy with the upsets, you’re bracket can’t be looking too bad right now. That fact scares me. My whole system of operating brackets is all out of whack. Ever since I blogged about no big ten teams winning, I’ve feared a Big Ten Monopoly on the sweet 16. I resisted the urge, and stuck to my gameplan. I’m still o.k. I think tomorrow is the day where any upsets could be devastating. Then, CBS’ website, instead of showing the records, which is great for quick yet sensible decisions on who will win, shows what percentage of the nation is picking what team in each matchup. This has me totally rattled. Not that I see a percentage and think, “what do they know and I don’t” and then switch. Quite the contrary. If I see most of the nation has picked with me, i start to worry. I’m a firm believer that 90% of Americans are in some form retarded, so it kills my mojo if I see that my pick fits in the status quo.
I was worried for a minute or two earlier. Not when memphis was trailing, but when Gonzaga was in a tight one with Akron. Neither teamwill do much, but when i was filling out my bracket, I thought long and hard, about Akron pulling off a huge upset. No reason, I just kinda saw it happening. I stayed with the system, and went with the Zags, and it paid off. When I fill out my bracket, I don’t really care about winning. Sure I want to, and definitely try to, but what worries me most, is not predicting a huge upset. Nothing justifies ones existence like being the one guy at the bar who picked the nobody to knock off a higher seed, in a game that dead ends in the next round.
I do feel bad this year. Normally, I fill out one bracket right away. This bracket is just pure gambling instinct, and I always put it under my wife’s name. This method has got her 3 wins, and two finishes in the money the last 7 years. Then I do a bracket where I really think about it, long and hard. i do research, listen to “experts”, and then put my name on it. This bracket is usually dead by about 3 p.m. friday, and that seems to be the case again this year, except on thing. This year, I switched the names. I’m sitting pretty, and my wife is looking for a miracle, that just isn’t there. maybe nobody else took Memphis, and she still has a shot.
So in order to make it up to my wife, for giving her a shitty bracket, it’s time for our first ever NCAA basketball legends WWYRB!

Pat Summitt vs. Wally Szczerbiak

Pat Summitt http://web.knoxnews.com/special/0323summitt/splash.jpg is a coaching legend. She may very well be the greatest basketball coach of all time. It also helps, that she is n a sport (womens college basketball) where the talented players, all go to one of about 4 schools. Either way, nobody has more wins than the Summitt. http://www.doubleazone.com/images/summitt.jpg Not just that, but she pretty much invented the pant-suit. http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/images/unmk_04_img0173.jpg  She’s more than just coaching though. She takes the time to get all gussied up, and hit the town, http://www.brendanloy.com/blog/images/patsummitt-cheerleader1.jpg I like it when she shows a little leg. She has fought against the grain of her sport, and actually married a dude, and had a kid http://web.knoxnews.com/slideshows/0323summitt/pat10.jpg so she’s fair game for us. Like all good coaches, she has a lot of balls http://a5.vox.com/6a00c225290de28e1d0110162a9385860c-500pi If she wanted to, she could be the queen bee of lesbians, but has remained straight, so that’s why she’s here.

Wally Szczerbiak has the name that could baffle any spelling bee finalist, and the looks that could stop traffic. http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/2008/03/08-15/Wally-Szczerbiak-shirtless.jpg Ironicly, if you had to pick which of these two contestants has been with the most dudes, and which has been with the most ladies, it might be a toss up. http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20040524/images/2004-05-24sports_lakers.jpg I always hope he and Gary Payton would have worked things out and stayed together, but Wally had to move on http://graphics.boston.com/resize/bonzai-fba/Globe_Photo/2008/05/07/1210158104_3418/499w.jpg Wally, is on here not because I wanted to give my spellcheck a challenge, but because he was a March Madness legend. He pretty much carried his Miami of Ohio teamates on his back, all the way to the sweet 16. http://espn.go.com/media/abcsports/2001/0307/photo/a_szczerbiak_i.jpg  I once ran into Wally, we were trying to steal a keg from his party, and my job was to take him out if he came after us. it was not a very well thought out plan, as I pretty much just caved when i saw how much bigger than me he was. http://www.gaysportsblog.com/images/2008/10/24/wally_szczerbiak_81088069_10_3.jpg Wally, though a great shooter, looks waaay too much like Zoolander, to ever be taken serious http://www.eugenewei.com/images/misc/wally-zoolander.jpg No matter what people say about ole Wally, he is one thing above all else, and that, is a dreamboat http://farm1.static.flickr.com/109/303073015_6936184343.jpg He also happens to be the guy who joins my favorite NBA team, about 2 years before I switch to a new favorite NBA team, but a dreamboat nonetheless, so that’s why he’s here today.

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