I wonder what animal David Kukla picked for my beloved Valparaiso Krusaders? The world wants to know!
The Krusaders fought the good fight but in Klassik NCAA style…upset Thursday did not result in upset Friday and generally the seeds held. It was nice that Valpo kept it klose. I was a fan of the Terrapin back in the Lefty Driesell days. How could you not like a team coached by a guy named Lefty? That was so long ago that Jim Boeheim had only been coaching for 10 years when Lefty quit. Lefty is 83 now. Boeheim is like Dick Clark and needs to be carbon dated or we can cut him in half and count his aged and cheating rings. It was a good basketball day yesterday. I worked through the first half of the day and then came home to watch Valpo tip. It was the kind of game that reminds me about why I love this tournament.
Louisville held off the furious charge of the UC Anteaters. I have always been a UC Chico fan but the Anteaters kept it interesting to the last minute, playing way over their head competing with the number two band of konvikts from Kentucky. Not that I am bitter. Mizzou fielded a solid Division III team this year and looks forward to a lot of happy years playing competitively against powerhouses like Vandy to see who finished last in the SEC.
TO THE BRAKKETS!
The KUBE Managing Kommittee met last night to watch a little late night basketball. David was unable to fly the KUBE jet in from the Koast but there was a lot of discussion regarding how to incentivize the KUBE nation to expand. More on that later. At one point prior to passing out last night I was in 15th place. If only I could have frozen that moment in time! Probably most of you have never had the feeling but for me…being 53 years old and suddenly rocketing up out of no where to the heady heights of one of the finest NCAA brakkets in the country…. well…. I know that I have officially peaked.
At the top of our brakkets…. What is a Maples? Is this what we have become? If so I weep for our future.
The Shapiro entries remain impressive as we move to the round of 32. Neither entry has Kentucky winning. Our grand and glorious and esteemed leader Kim Jon Un has promised analysis of the Champion but he has been to busy attending Mexican fish fries to “get the work done”. A lot of folks made a 28 place jump including Andrew (Bizzy’s Brother) Levine and Laura (no he is not my father) Becker. Most impressive however is John Nagle III 90 spot jump up into 19th. Nagle can be seen Posting His Brakkets here. Very serious young man. He holds these truths to be self evident!
At the bottom….where do we find these people. Although the Lichetensteins are relentless in their quest for the bottom they have been supplanted by the Snyders. No whether it is Shapiros, Snyders or Lichtensteins I have no idea whether couples are actually playing or it is an individual trying to be klever but in the case of the Snyders I am starting to think that KUBE needs like a Ladies Auxilliary who when people are failing this spectacularly can like publish a notice and different KUBE Kontestants can bring the family a covered dish each night so they have a meal. I pray that people who make piks this poorly are not cooking or operating heavy machinery. More surprising was the appearance of George Beumer near the bottom. George is one of the few bright lights in the Beumer clan which is almost Becker like in their non-achievement. We trust George will be moving up!
So we are down to 32! I expect a lot of good things today. I might have gotten a little karried away yesterday on the KUBE Facebook page commenting on the VU game but my wife has me back on my medikation and we are hopeful that today will be a more “balanced” day. But don’t count on it!
Sooooooooooooouuuuuiiiieeeeeee! Go Hogs!