NCAA Tournament

My favorite few days of the year ended last night with the field for the Final Four set to do battle next Saturday and Monday at the Alamadome in San Antonio.

Millions of people fill out a bracket each year whether they are college basketball fans or not. This year has been my best in the 10 years that I have been filling out a bracket. Right now I am in the 93.5th percentile on ESPN.com with a record of 45-15, or good enough for 206,606th place. Out of the millions and millions that entered brackets, I would say that I did ok. Until Memphis' win over Texas on Sunday I was in the 99th percentile and ranked 66,000th.

Nearly every year, I picked my favorite team, North Carolina, to cut down the nets during the first Monday in April. Even though they are still on track to do just that, my favorite moment of the tournament is Davidson's run to within a 3-pointer of the Final Four.

I had been on the Davidson wagon nearly the entire year. I had been telling my roomate for months that he has got to take notice and take the Wildcats to pull off an upset of two. When the brackets came out a couple of Sunday's ago and I saw a Davidson/Gonzaga first round match up, I could have been happier. A second round game against Georgetown would be very tough and I doubted whether or not my dark horse could pull of the big upset that I was sure that they would. When it came time to put pen to paper, I pull the trigger. I picked Davidson to defeat G'Town and knock off the Big East champions to go to the Sweet 16. As bold as the pick was, I still thought they could do more. When a potential Wisconsin matchup in the round of 16 came up, I really considered picking Davidson again. I even liked their chances against the Badgers more then I did then aganist the Hoyas. This time however, I didn't pull the trigger. Instead, I went with the safe pick and Wisconsin, even though I hate the state (Green Bay Packers). When I look back I this tournament, my fondest memory may be UNC winning another National Championship. But, my biggest regret will be not picking Davidson to win one more round.