Eat My Sports: Sheets of integrity

It’s that time again, loyal readers. The time of year when local governments turn a blind eye to illegal gambling happening in every office, the time of year where everyone is a college basketball expert, the time where our brackets screw us out of the office pool and the new guy wins, it’s March Madness folks, and this year, I have no freaking clue.

My experiences in actually filling out a bracket is not as deep as one would think. My first bracket that I filled out was in 2007 when I had Kevin Durant’s Texas Longhorns cutting down the nets, wrong. Fastforward to 2009 when I had Syracuse bringing home the trophy instead of a clear cut champion, UNC. So needless to say my picks haven’t always been those of an expert.

This year’s field breeds a new level of uneasiness as it seems no one wanted to be number one. Michigan, Indiana and Duke all took turns at the top spot, and losing as soon as they got it, and then played hot potato with the number one ranking. Gonzaga and Louisville both look like they could be champs, but neither spent most of the season looking to prove it. So filling out a bracket when there has been nothing but parity, is nothing short of the most daunting bracket challenge in years.

For myself, I have Rick Pitino and the Louisville Cardinals as champs, I have VCU in the Sweet 16, as well as Cincinatti taking out Duke, because Duke will do what Duke inevitably does every year, provide a bracket buster by the Sweet 16. Am I right, who knows. All I know is right now, just like the rest of you, I’m an expert in something I haven’t watched since last March.