Weekend Fun: Today we spell redemption R-O-Y (Hibbert)

March 30th, 2007 | Posted by PostmanE

This year, I tried a different strategy. Instead of filling out a bunch of different brackets - usually randomly - I spent all my time researching teams, examining position match ups, and then filling out one master bracket. There were to be no variations from this grand plan; my genius would see me through, and I would surely win every pool I was in.

You can imagine how that ended up. Kansas flamed out (stupid pick), my Elite Eight surprise Louisville caught a tough break with Texas A&M, Pittsburgh didn’t take down UCLA, and my forays into the Sweet 16 (Georgia Tech and Creighton) … well, let’s just file those under “ill-advised.”

This was the worst bracket performance I’ve had i years. I mean, really bad. Middle of the pack in every pool, unremarkable in every way. I actually think my girlfriend outpicked me, which is embarrassing because women don’t know anything about sports. (Kidding!)

That is, but for one pool that I somehow randomly threw together, where I tried to hedge my bets against my original bracket. I forgot about filling this sheet out almost as soon as I finished it so as to devote more time fawning over my original picks. Instead, I ended up with the right Final Four, seven of the Elite Eight, and so on and so forth. And I’m the only person in the top end of the bracket with Georgetown winning it all.

And just like that, I’ve changed my picks. OSU is out, Georgetown is in. Go Hoyas!

In the other game, I’ve still got Florida, though UCLA’s defense will keep the game far closer than last year’s championship. But yeah: totally arbitrary and biased change of picks. Everyone’s cool with that, right?

Be back tomorrow or Sunday for some tourney stuff. Till then, head here for actual, you know, basketball discussion.