and that, my friends, is why i am not a betting man


after realizing that the duke loss was just the tip of the iceberg of failure, i figured i would just wait to update until the carnage that was the first four days of the ncaa tourney gave way to monday and a day of contemplation. the way things have played out seems quite odd. with only a couple exceptions, goliath has beaten down david. not only has david been beaten, but goliath took his big stick and shoved it up david's (shut yo' mouth!!!)

as far as my pool goes, i am losing to everyone bar one, but i am trying to keep my eyes on the prize. i wrote last week that you want to win the pool, not the first weekend and i stick to that. that there are 14 brackets in front of me, 3 of them belonging to freaking girls, leaves me with less confidence than i had, say, this time last year. if the remaining four rounds play out in my favor, though, i could still be talking dynasty. we'll hold off on that for now.

the silver lining in the cloud is this. without any "cinderellas" to speak of (no. butler, southern illinois nor unlv count. all three ended the season in the top 25), the basketball this coming weekend should be out of this world. i hate that i'll be working or playing softball (i really don't hate that part) during most of the games, but the tv in the office will be tuned to cbs.

i've had to turn the talk radio off today, because you can only listen to so many morons calling in and giving their utterly idiotic reasons as to how they just "knew" that kevin durant was overrated. overrated??? he scored 30 in their loss!!! i would still pick texas over usc every day of the week and twice on sunday. hell, i would still pick kevin durant, me, andy, kiker and sarah over usc every day of the week. maybe just once on sunday, though.

so, i lick my wounds and change my expectations. that's ok. i really like basketball. still two weekends to go before focusing all my attention on the nba and the suns.

did i mention softball starts this weekend?