It's just not quite the same watching March Madness, one of my favorite multi-day sports events, unfold from abroad. Not only did I miss plotting out my brackets with my dad and brother or my dormmates, but there is just a lackadaisical following of college hoops amongst kids in my program. It's very disheartening. No wonder my bracket looks so crazy... there is no one here to shoot the shit with me and scrutinize my brackets. Instead I'm left with crazy upsets like Kansas State over Georgetown and matched up in the Elite 8 with Vanderbilt while UConn knocks off UCLA, only to fall to Xavier. See?! Thats nuts! And I'm sticking to it.
As for the rest of my picks? Well, I'll just leave you with them and you can mock the rest:
Elite 8:
North Carolina vs. Tennessee (see, I can be reasonable!)
Vanderbilt vs. Kansas State (Beasley is the best player in college basketball; I almost transfered to Vanderbilt; the logic for this one is flawless)
Memphis vs. Texas (A toss up for this one but despite Texas having home-court advantage I like Memphis. After all, they smoked Pepperdine and stole our offense, so there's that... which is nice)
UConn vs. Xavier (My homestate school versus my brother's former school? Xavier takes this one but I'll say it's close)
Final 4:
North Carolina vs. Vanderbilt (The Cinderella-ish story ends. Carolina is just toooooo good. And they're not Duke.)
Memphis vs. Xavier (Once again, reality strikes. Still, Tennessee should be happy with one team in the finals)
Finals:
Memphis over North Carolina (It'll be close, but I like Memphis to pull this one out. Unless it comes down to free throws, I think they'll be just too much for the Tar Heels)
Eat your heart out Digger Phelps.
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