It has been crazy busy for the Lunatic! The Bumper Night Podcast with Kevin Flippen and Paul Gilman was extremely fun – if you missed it, go check it out on YouTube and subscribe. They have fun topics each episode – typically each Monday night!!!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am not sure that I will stick with my picks from the show. I hate picking so much chalk – so I am going to look again and see what kind of upsets I can pick. My son Charlie said that I was lame for picking Arizona as the favorite – boring. He might be right – but as much as I might not like it, top seeds tend to win. 32 of the last 36 National Champions were from the top 3 seed lines. And 23 of those 32 were won by #1 seeds. So boring might be lame, but it is also right 64% of the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I am going to try to get the handicapping site up and running and at least pick the two games tomorrow before I head to work. I guess I have to – Charlie has a soccer game so I won’t get home before the first game starts. So, check out how the Lunatic’s imaginary Vegas run begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I also at some point will have to see how bad I did against the bracketologists. I missed two teams (Wyoming and Rutgers instead of Texas A&M and Oklahoma). To be honest, I actually am happy that the committee went with Wyoming and Rutgers. Happy for Wyoming because the committee awarded a talented non-power conference school. Happy for Rutgers because the committee ignored the computer rankings and looked at who Rutgers was able to beat. I am glad that Oklahoma didn’t get in at just 3 games over .500 – I thought they would get in like Michigan, but not going to complain. Texas A&M being out is rough. I guess it means the conference tournaments don’t really count towards getting into the tournament. But the Aggies’ resume was flawed as well as other bubble teams, and to be honest, I am not exactly sure who I would remove to give the Aggies a spot (if I keep Wyoming and Rutgers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Well – I am going to pick the two Tuesday play-in games tonight, and try to go to bed before midnight. Columns about how bracketology did or how I think the selection committee did can wait for another evening. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hope everyone had a happy Pi Day!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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