This has to be the worst week of the year to be a boss in this country. You have St. Patrick's Day on Wednesday and then the start of the NCAA tournament. I'm not sure how the real world works because I have never really been part of it, but at radio/TV stations/newspapers, men, woman alike, and even the sales tools are obsessed with filling out their brackets this week. Workers are highly distracted, so those TPS Reports may have to wait.
No one is able to concentrate until they think they have their bracket filled out correctly. Here is a word of warning from someone who has wasted more valuable time in his life to fill three lifetimes, don't spend too much time on it. First of all there is no science to it, secondly flipping a coin likely will work as well as cheating off Dick Vitale, and thirdly you have a better chance at winning a multiple state lottery game than having the perfect bracket and winning one of the bogus million dollar prizes.
Also, picking upsets may make you feel smarter than that know it all
a-hole in the cubicle next to you, but remember getting the most in the Elite 8 and Final 4 is where the Champions are made. So do not waste your time looking for a Cinderella, who will likely be gone before the first weekend. Plus thanks to George Mason the NCCA has pretty much made the road as smooth as possible for the #1 and #2 seeds these days. Since Mason's historic run in 2006 to the Final 4 as an #11 seed, in the following three Final 4's there has been no fewer than 2 #1's, in 2007 all 4 #1's made it for the very first time, and the lowest seed since to make the Final 4 since '06 is last year's Villanova team that was a #3 seed.
Remember this is a made for TV event and although I think the world revolves around ODU, the suits at CBS probably know better and that's why they rigged it for Duke in the South. I mean no school is more polarizing than the Blue Devils. You either love them or hate them, no in between. How else to you explain them moving ahead of Syracuse for beating the #9 seed, #12 seed, and #7 seed in the watered down ACC Tournament? Ok sorry to go Jason Whitlock on you, but there is an interesting point or two made by the Big Man.
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/03/13/1813273_ncaa-caves-to-tv-pressure-by-going.html
Speaking of made for TV as much as I love the Tournament, do we really need 24/7 coverage of the damn brackets? I mean I get it ESPN is trying to secure the TV contract away from CBS, but this is a whole new level off ass kissing. I mean they even had a frickin' NIT show! Do you think the Tar Heels Team got together and ordered piazza and watched OR Virginia Tech for that matter? Speaking of which has anyone filled out those NIT brackets I sent out, they are due tomorrow by 5pm.
CIT AND CBI Tourney Previews tomorrow!
It's amazing how much productivity declines at the workplace before and during the March Madness tournament. I try to enter as many free March Madness contests online at various sites. When I fill out the brackets, it’s rare for me to have two that are the same. However, if I could only fill out one bracket, I’d have Kansas, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Baylor in the Final Four. I’d put Syracuse and West Virginia in the championship game, with Syracuse winning. It should be an interesting tournament though.
ReplyDeleteWhen I worked up in DC a few years ago St. Patrick's Day and the opening day of the NCAA tournament fell on the same Thursday. Needless to say I took off work and found an Irish pub with all the games that started serving brews at 11am. Messy.
ReplyDeleteMessy is pretty much a good way to sum up the Best ST. Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteDid I correctly see Jay Bilas picking Cornell to the Elite 8 last night?
ReplyDeleteYes he did, but I think he was drunk.
ReplyDeleteGood stuff SJ...you can also include Daylight Saving Time as a culprit for this week's decline in productivity. Most office workers were still asleep on Monday after losing the hour.
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