With the championship game hours away, you can go to almost any sports website and hear tons of people give you a perspective on how tonight’s game will go. But you can not get expert opinions like the amazing set of experts that the Lunatic has arranged. I also need to mention that Charlie’s response to needing to participate was a question of “Can we get ice cream tonight?” Couldn’t do it tonight, but the Lunatic has real expenses to provide this level of expert content for you.
CRAZED LUNATIC – Gonzaga – the Bulldogs have beat everyone that they meet – and most of the time it isn’t close. 29 of their 31 victories have been by double digits, and most concerns about them were how they would react if they ever got behind or in a close game. Apparently, the way they handle that is by hitting a miracle three-point shot from half court. Every time I watch the Bulldogs, I am so amazed with their ball movement and how easily they get to the basket to score on layups. Baylor is a fantastic team – they play well on both ends of the court as we saw in the way they demolished Houston in the semi-finals. But it seems that Gonzaga is perfectly comfortable to let a team score against them, because they are going to simply come back down the court and score more points. It has been 45 years since we have seen an undefeated champion – I would love to see Gonzaga end that streak tonight.
MRS LUNATIC – Gonzaga – I have always liked Gonzaga, and despite their record, I consider them as the underdog. I always love it when the small schools do well, and having a non Power-5 champion would be awesome! I have picked them in all of my pools. Gonzaga saved me from finishing in last place, and they have been the cornerstone of my awesome Second Chance picks. Go Zags!!!!!!
CRAZY CHARLIE – Baylor – I am going to be the contrarian. I like rooting for the underdog. I don’t like Gonzaga cause they ruined UCLA’s hope and dreams – it would have been great to see an 11 seed win. And we know everything is bigger in Texas – so Baylor is going to beat them. Its going to be a blowout – big win for a big state.
KRAZY KATIE – Go Bears! The Crazed Lunatic and Mrs. Lunatic looked at Katie and said, “You know, its not the Chicago Bears!” And Katie said, “Wait, the Chicago Bears already got eliminated! Then said, oh wait – they are a football team! I know nothing about basketball – who are you picking?” Both of us parents said, “Gonzaga”. And Katie said, “Then, I change my pick – I will go with Gonzaga because you are. And on principle, I can’t agree with my brother – I must pick Gonzaga just to spite him.”
After that, Charlie started getting frisky and wanted to bet real money on the game. We needed to remind him that he really doesn’t have any money to bet with – he just wants us to give him money if Baylor wins. He needs to put his money where is mouth is. Not one of my finest parenting moments.