Shut up about your bracket!

ESPN Page 2 ^ | 03.24.2004 | Tim Keown

[TexasNative2000]

Nothing personal, but I'm sick of your bracket. And it's not just you, although everyone would appreciate it if you'd stop talking about it at some point between now and the title game. I'm sick of my bracket and my friends' brackets. I'm sick of the guys who call the radio shows to discuss their brackets.

And the word "bracketology?" Sick of it.

I don't want to hear about how "Nevada killed my bracket, dude." No kidding. You mean you didn't have the genius to foresee the Wolf Pack's entry into the Sweet 16? Good thing you had UAB beating Kentucky, though, or else you'd really be dust.

Everybody needs to remember one thing about this bracket stuff: You're guessing. We're all guessing. So when you get it wrong, it doesn't matter. And when you get it right, it doesn't matter, either. If you picked Nevada to get this far, you either guessed right or got drunk before you filled it in.

The picks aren't the problem. The picks are fun. The problem comes later, when everybody feels compelled to complain or brag about the damned things. Then we all become Kevin Harlan, yelling for no reason.

And besides, none of you has anything to complain about. You made your picks, so live with them. Vanderbilt, though ... Vanderbilt killed my bracket. I ought to show it to you, 'cuz I was headed straight for the big money if it hadn't been for Vanderbilt.

[TexasNative2000]

Dude, my bracket is toast........

[Reagan79]

Pretty funny rant.

[TheBigB]

It's Bush's fault. :)

[billorites]

Wanna see my truss?

[Montfort]

Dr. Bracket. . . .Dr. Bracket.

[TexasNative2000]

Women and minorities hid hardest.

[GraniteStateConservative]

ESPN said the leader had his girlfriend fill out the bracket. I'll let my toddler do it next year.

[dead]

Nobody's sicker about my bracket than me.

[wordsofearnest]

My bracket got racked.

[PRND21]

Go Stanford Go!?
Arizona?
Gonzaga?

[fuquadukie]

Go, Duke.

[y2k_free_radical]

Anyone but PUKE

[Not A Snowbird]

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Here's some extra brackets for you!

[fuquadukie]

Breathe slowly and admit it. You'll feel better. Duke is one of the best BB teams in the country. Every year.

[firebrand]

I'm sure you will know what they're talking about.

[NYC GOP Chick]

Yep! :D

[Hatteras]

That is until the money's on the line and JJ chokes again. Heh, heh, heh...

[Larry Lucido]

My accountant keeps warning me about some "bracket creep."

[fuquadukie]

You gotta admit, though... when JJ is hot, he is HOT. He can bury the 3-point better than anyone in the game, now or before. And, exactly who else would you want on the line late in the game?

I will admit that this year's team bothers me a little. No real big man... Sheldon Williams is foul-prone. Deng is a little erratic for my tastes (he's only a Freshman). JJ can can streaky at times... But, that being said, Duke is Duke. Near or at the top most every year. God forbid if Coach K decides to hang it up anytime in the near future.

[TexasNative2000]

Thanks for the brackets - I'll try to take better care of these thatn my previous ones.