3.24.2006

My F in bracketology

… I said last weekend the tournament had ended for me. Now, it’s really over.

Duke’s done …blah. I told fellow bracketeers before the tournament the way Duke had been playing down the stretch, I wouldn’t be surprised if they didn’t make it out of the Sweet Sixteen. (Yeah, and last year I said Kansas would lose to Bucknell in the first round…) But do I listen to my gut!? Nope …

I watched Texas squeak out their game with a three-pointer …(At least I called that one in my bracket …)

And then Gonzaga-UCLA. Wow ….Kates was already in bed, and I was about to turn it off with Gonzaga up by like 10 and two minutes left. Then I thought, ah, this could change in a hurry, I’m staying up …

... Glad I did. I had Gonzaga in my bracket -- but geez, what … a … finish. … UCLA scored the go-ahead shot and Gonzaga was so stunned they could hardly concentrate on moving the ball up the court …

Kansas is done. North Carolina is done. Duke is done. Gonzaga is done … and now Boston College is done -- on a questionable goal-tending call no less.

…My bracket is ruined, but here’s hoping I correctly picked Connecticut as the champion -- me and the other half of bracket-filler-out-ers …

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