Although College Basketball ordinarily does little to hold my attention, this brief window in the year often serves as the lone exception. The drawn-out hype of the March Madness tournament can provide the perfect placeholder to distract me from the agonizing tease that is spring training baseball...
This afternoon I printed out my bracket and chose my winners largely at random, because I have next to no knowledge of the teams in the tournament outside of the University of Kentucky. With all of the recent recruiting violations that have marred the image of Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim, I've found myself particularly disillusioned from the NCAA, and I seem to know even less about the state of the college game than ever before.
One thing I do know about College Basketball is that the University of Kentucky has an undefeated team, and in essence the program is just a one-year stopping ground for a number of NBA prospects. The school has won previous tournament championships with a similar approach, most recently in 2012, when I had also picked them to win the Championship. It didn't take a genius then and I'm guessing that it won't take one now...
Here are my selections for the Final Four and the Championship Game:
Final Four
Midwest Champion 1 Kentucky def. West Champion 1 Wisconsin
East Champion 5 University of Northern Iowa def. South Champion 2 Gonzaga
National Championship Game
1 Kentucky def. 5 University of Northern Iowa
That's right, everyone, the University of Kentucky is Blake's pick to win the NCAA March Madness tournament. Alternatively, if you're looking for another fun way to spend the next three weeks and basketball isn't your thing, you could always give the "Best Seinfeld Episode Tournament" a try...
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