North Carolina isn't one of those super important states like New York, or California, or Texas. We kinda get lost in the jumble of all those other states. Except in March. March Madness is the time for NC to shine. Let's face it, when it comes to college basketball, North Carolina pretty much kicks ass! (pardon the expression, it just feels good to say it that way.) So once a year I emerge from the sports-free cocoon that is my life (except for sports played by athletes in the 3-7 year old age range) and embrace the world of ESPN and all the stuff that goes with the NCAA Championship.
Tonight we filled out our brackets for a friendly online competition. Knowing nothing whatsoever about college basketball and being from NC, it's no surprise that 3 of the teams in my final four are from NC! The rest of the teams I chose randomly, relying mostly on rank, with a few upsets here and there to make it exciting. I used a coin toss once to decide.
Coulson had 2 criteria for his picks. First, most importantly, and following in his mother's footsteps, he supports the NC tradition. His secondary criteria was the name of the school – he went for whatever school had a funnier name. And those aren't easy criteria to work with – he was stumped when Carolina came up against Gonzaga, but ultimately he chose to honor his roots. He also thought Mississippi was a very funny name and laughed every time I said it, so Mississippi makes it pretty far in the brackets. Although he said he chose based on the funny names, I noticed that when I gave him the choice of two teams, he generally chose the team that I mentioned last, so no. 15 seeds Rob Morris, Cal St. and Morgan St. do pretty well until they meet up with a team from NC.
Casey also filled out a bracket, but he looked up commentaries on the internet, analyzed probablities and consulted with his father on his choices, so his approach was kinda boring.
Good luck on your own brackets!
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