Here are the bracket prediction standings after the first day of the NCAA Tournament:
- Barack Obama (President of the United States of America): 120 points – overall rank: 96.9%.
- Lebron James (NBA Superstar): 90 points – overall rank: 38.3%.
- Ryan Holliday (34 year-old bald man): 110 points – overall rank: 87.4%.
Barry and I were tied until Wake Forest hit a last-second shot over Texas, meanwhile Lebron can start making up lost ground on both of us if fourth-ranked Purdue beats 13th-ranked Siena tomorrow.
I convinced Audrey, who watches no sports whatsoever, to fill out a bracket, and she currently has 80 points, tying her with legendary basketball analyst Dick Vitale (overall rank: 13.2%) despite the fact her rationale for making picks included “I have a cousin named Siena” and “Wofford is a really funny name for a college”. If she beats me the shame will not be bearable.
Wofford is like a college for dogs! (Barkford is the sister school where they go for formals.)
Audrey had some disturbingly similar comments. I’m mildly concerned by the likely amount of abuse I will have to endure if in two weeks they are playing Duke in the Final Four.