Its the most wonderful time of the year...

[Baylan]

I'm in the 95th percentile on espn.com right now and spent far less time watching and reading about college basketball this year than normal. I've always done well in bracket pools putting many hours into it, but I was really lame this year and only had about 30 minutes the day before to recall a year of basketball games and surf the web for opinions - I had the four one seeds in the Final Four.

For once in your life this may actually hold true... No double digit seeds in the sweet sixteen, and only 1 of the top 8 seeds has been eliminated (Wisconsin... which hasn't been the same since Butch went down).

Last year we saw an 11, and no 1s make the final four. This year, we may see all 1s. Kinda funny how that works...

Anyway, my bracket is holding up... eh... okay. I still have all but 2 of my elite 8 teams, but I lost a final four in Texas... The thing working in my advantage is that a *lot* of people had Texas going to the final four, and I'm not in any big brackets, so I've still got a shot b/c of a popular pick going down...

In any case, I'm looking for another fun weekend of basketball, despite my Spartans losing in a tough effort against UNC... Neitzel just didn't have the legs to keep it up. Next year, though, we're gonna be pretty darn good. Top 10 recruiting class, everyone coming back, and a 7 footer coming off a redshirt. It is a wonderful combination.

-Baylan