March Madness

The official brackets for the NCAA tournament came out this morning, and Isaac promptly bought a second newspaper so that we could have our annual contest. For those of you who care (and since this is my blog, you should all be on my side), this is a big year for us because it's Isaac's chance to finally catch up and tie me. If I win this year, I'll be 5-3, which is silently killing Isaac. Isaac wants to point out that even though I won the first four years, he's making "a valiant comeback." (I hope he doesn't.)

I've hung my hopes this year on Texas and Wisconsin, and Isaac's are on USC and Stanford. Those are where our major differences lie. I've picked Texas all the way to the final four over Memphis. Isaac wimped out this year and picked all 4 number-one seeds into the Final Four. He does point out, "Historically, this has never happened," and says that he's due.

It's a possibility this year, since the bracket is pretty top heavy. Overall, the top-seeded teams beat the bottom ones by a lot, and there's not much action at the bottom of the brackets this year. Most experts aren't picking any huge upsets. My worry is Duke. I only picked them to the Sweet Sixteen this year, but historically Duke has killed me no matter where I've put them.

So my overall picks? Texas, UNC, UCLA, and Kansas to the Final Four, with UCLA beating UNC in the championship. Any other bracket fans out there?