{"id":3194,"date":"2025-03-20T05:36:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/?p=3194"},"modified":"2025-03-20T05:36:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T05:36:39","slug":"the-lunatic-reveals-his-picks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/?p=3194","title":{"rendered":"The Lunatic reveals his picks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Well, as usual, the Lunatic has run out of time to do his analysis.  It is almost 1:20 pm, and I am fading fast.  I need to have my picks.  While I have struggled with having too much chalk, I can&#8217;t stop myself from thinking that Duke and Florida are the best two teams in the country.  So, I will take the Blue Devils in my sane picks and the Gators in my insane picks.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my sane picks, I will have Michigan State upset Auburn in the South, Florida beating Texas Tech in the West, Duke over Wisconsin in the East, and Tennessee over Houston in the Midwest &#8211; with Duke beating Florida in the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1024x499.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3195\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1024x499.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-300x146.png 300w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-768x374.png 768w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1536x748.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image.png 1891w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In my insane picks, I have Auburn beating Marquette in the South, Florida beating St. John&#8217;s in the West, Duke beating Alabama in the East, and Purdue beating Kentucky in the Midwest &#8211; with Florida beating Duke in the championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-1024x493.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3196\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-1024x493.png 1024w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-300x144.png 300w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-768x370.png 768w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1-1536x740.png 1536w, http:\/\/www.tehodgson.com\/stompthelunatic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-1.png 1892w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, sleep-deprivation leads to hope.  Hope leads to believing that Purdue will get to go to Indianapolis for the Sweet 16, and then ride the home crowds to a Final 4.  Remember that fan is short for fanatic &#8211; which is how I feel at the moment.  But hope is what makes March so wonderful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We currently have 242 entries in the contest, and we typically get a ton of last minute brackets.  So, don&#8217;t miss out on your chance to Stomp the Lunatic, you have just about 10 1\/2 hours to make your picks before the Madness begins!!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, as usual, the Lunatic has run out of time to do his analysis. It is almost 1:20 pm, and I am fading fast. I need to have my picks. 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