I will eventually some time in the upcoming week send out an email to invite you all to Stomp the Lunatic!  But I can’t send out an email stating that it must be March if it is still February.  Not to mention we all know that I am horrible at managing my email lists.

That being said, Selection Sunday is just two weeks away.  March 12th will be here before we know it.  Especially for the Lunatic since this is a super busy time for the family with Katie’s rugby season and Charlie’s high school JV soccer season are both starting.

But busy can not stop March!  The Lunatic is back for another month of sleep deprivation, looking through stat sheets in a foolish attempt to show he can predict college basketball games.  This will likely end in a thorough stomping, but it should be a wild and entertaining ride.

With my Boilers starting off 22-1, I actually debated if I should not do the tournament this year.  They looked like such a special team, and I am so desperate to see my Boilers win for once.  Could I actually let something as imaginary as the Lunatic curse impact this special season.  And I can’t pick against them – if there really is a Lunatic curse, that evil wouldn’t be fooled by that trick.  And then the losses started to come.

How sad is this – after Purdue couldn’t knock off arch-rival Indiana yesterday at home, I sat today happily hoping that Maryland could help us out and beat Northwestern so we could back into the share of a Big 10 championship that we couldn’t wrap up on Saturday.  How desperate can I be that I was hoping that Northwestern would lose a basketball game so that a team that started the season 22-1 wouldn’t need to win their last 2 games to win the conference outright.

At the end of the day, I had to remind myself that as much as it is fun to joke about, I do not have the capability of influencing what happens on the basketball court – that is up to the amazing athletes playing the game.

So have no fears – the Lunatic came to his senses and he is ready for the abuse of March to begin. The Website is currently ready for the NCAA Tournament to start. While it is certainly not necessary, the registration link is live for this year’s tournament (that being said, it is typically easier to register when you enter your picks). And I have managed to pull all the box scores through Saturday’s games. The smaller conference tournaments start tomorrow as I am sure there will be lots more drama as teams fight to earn the opportunity to play in the NCAA Championship. And we all will get ready – because it is time to watch an amazing month of college basketball. And of course, it is time to Stomp the Lunatic!!!