The first weekend of the dance was excellent (apart from a certain unnamed team’s flameout/bedshitting session that we, in retrospect, should have expected). However, the second weekend contained mostly uncompetitive and/or sloppy action. As well as the elimination of our beloved Coach Andy (ok, Coach Andy’s wife) and his scrappy Credit Union warriors.
But we are not meme-less, as Gregg Marshall, his Pat Riley hair, and the scary animatronic wheat/nightmare fuel of a mascot live on. A 9 seed that will earn me a pay-out in a small pool (where I got no Final Four teams right, but accurately picked Syracuse and Wichita State to make the Elite Eight) with a victory today. It’s best team (Louisville) vs. best story (Scary Wheat) in the opener, and classic offense (Michigan) vs. defense (Syracuse – I suspect the Hoosiers still see that smothering zone in their sleep) in the nightcap.
Fun and merriment certainly await in the comments.
