Well – this is normally the time that the Lunatic gets his expert panel together – himself, Mrs. Lunatic, Charlie and Katie – and pick the Sweet 16 games.

But with only 12 minutes before the games, the Lunatic has come to a sad moment of realization.

The cutest part of this segment was his darling kids, where they would pick because of where Grandpa went to school or because Nanny and Grandma are Irish, or because their favorite color was purple.

But my eight year old son and five year old daughter surprised me this year – apparently they have become autonomous.

Here is how our experts pick:

Charlie – the co-leader of the pool – asked me to check what ESPN PickCenter had and went with it (except for NC State against Louisville since the Wolfpack beat the Cardinals earlier in the year).   If you want to know who he picked, just go to ESPN.

Katie – who I expected that I could still convince to play along, picked Wisconsin over UNC because Charlie did, and then shockingly picked Utah over Duke (I think because Utah was the second team I mentioned and she was bored by this point and just said the last thing I said).

Myself – I entered my Handicapping – but it is doing so poorly that it doesn’t deserve to make its way into the front page.  If you want to make money in Vegas, take my picks and go against them.

And then Mrs. Lunatic – who is just sitting with a large smile on her face – is just happy that she does not have to deal with this nonsense.  She is a great sport and puts up with me during this time of year.

So – there you go, the type of analysis that you have come to learn and expect from the Stomp the Lunatic Blog.   Enjoy the Sweet 16 games tonight!!!!!!!!