Scott Norwood

Scott Norwood
Wide Right started it all.

Monday, March 28, 2011

I Want Credit For Something...

Ok, everyone's bracket is totally busted, nobody in their right minds had VCU or Butler in the Final 4, and this tournament is officially batshit crazy.  But I just want to take credit for one thing.  Even though I, like most people, couldn't manage one team in the Final 4, there are no #1 seeds at all left, and that I did predict correctly.  I had two #2s, a #3, and a #4 seed, and I had the #4 seed winning the damn thing.  Yes, that same #4 seed got beat the first weekend.  But my point is, I identified all four #1 seeds as frauds that wouldn't win their respective regions, and I believe I had that one.  Even Jason's wacky selections of a #5 and #6 seed to reach the Final 4 had #1 seed Kansas emerging as champ.  I would just like to look over at my burning, charred brackets and at least be recognized as having the vision to see that there are NO great college basketball teams left these days, and that none of the mighty #1 seeds had what it takes to go all the way.

And if you'd like to bet against my current Final 4 picks, here goes:  Butler over VCU, Kentucky over UConn, and Butler to win the national title, making Dick Vitale and Jay Bilas cry and puke respectively for hours on end.

Friday, March 25, 2011

My NCAA Nightmare Is Ovah!

Jimmer AND Duke eliminated on the same night!
Considering the 8" of snow we just got here in Wisconsin, I'd say it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

Our Picks For March Badness 2011

We interrupt the mind-numbing NFL offseason to bring you our terrible picks for March Madness, or as Jason calls it, "Picks Sure To Fail."  No breaking down of the games here--we admit that we're not huge college hoops fans, we're just doing this for shits and giggles.



































Dre's Bracket




And here are Jason's picks.


Jason's Bracket



The real funny part is that Jason admits that he doesn't even watch college basketball much, so if he beats me, it will be the ultimate in humiliation.  I have a couple of observations about our picks:  Both of us have our biases, and we let them show in our selections.  We both hate Duke and their douchebag coach Mike Krzyzewski, so neither of us have them winning their region.  Jason hates Notre Dame and the Jimmer Fredette love at BYU as well, so he has neither of them making the Elite 8.  Last time Jason was in town, the Jimmer love was in full force on the Booyah Network, and he almost vomited on my couch.  Jason picking his home state to get bent in the 1st game amused me.  I'm sure he's hearing a lot of hate about Wisconsin since he lives there, but I don't know if they're that bad that they should be picked to go down to Belmont.  I will give him props for that upset pick though, as well as taking West Virginia and St. John's to make the Final 4.  Talk about busting a bracket!  My upset picks are all over the place, and I hate the "best teams" so much that I have no #1 seeds in the Final 4.  We'll see how that works out.  Can't argue with Jay's pick of Kansas to win it all.  I'll ride the talented but inconsistent Texas Longhorns all the way.  And finally, I had to chuckle at our twin love of the Memphis Tigers to beat Arizona.  Jason has family in Memphis, and I'm about to move there and marry a sweet Southern girl.  Think we let that cloud our judgment a bit??