Once again, the “pick the teams you hate” theory works in the NCAA tournament. I just lost one of my finalists when Duke went down (like the prom queen JJ Redick is), but I’m cool with it. I’d guess that 85-plus percent of people in the office pool (which I lead coming into the night) had Duke in the finals. Fortunately, my winner is still alive in Villanova. On the not-so-fortunate side, UCLA has yet to wake up against Gonzaga, which would result in not only my third final four team going down, but a trendy pick to the office numbskulls in the Zags moving on.<\/p>\n
(If you’re reading this, MJD, I know how you feel about discussing brackets<\/a>, but consider this my response to the chick dunk post. *grin* )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Once again, the “pick the teams you hate” theory works in the NCAA tournament. I just lost one of my finalists when Duke went down (like the prom queen JJ Redick is), but I’m cool with it. I’d guess that 85-plus percent of people in the office pool (which I lead coming into the night) … Continue reading ACC-ya later tater!<\/span>