I am Matt Thomas.

Now This is Madness

March 15, 2007

With Camp’s help, last night I completed my NCAA Tournament bracket. In doing so, I employed a variety of criteria to pick my winners, with the absolute exclusion of basketball talent. Some factors I considered:

• Whether I liked the city, or state, the school was located in
• The sound of the school’s name
• Whether I could recall the school’s logo, and whether it was good
• Whether I’ve ever known anyone I liked from that school

• My perceived level of any particular school’s “smarmyness”

  But most importantly, I filled out my bracket the way I’d like to see the tournament progress myself. Without the tedious restrictions of reality, I was free to create a tournament that I wouldn’t mind having to hear about over and over from friends and family over the course of the next two weeks. Central Connecticut State overtaking Ohio State, then going down themselves in the next round? Now that’s drama.

  

  Peruse my bracket for your edification and entertainment, then watch me go down in a blaze of glory, all beginning tonight. This may be the first year in history that these two weeks of March have been tolerable for me.

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