* Looking at a Thursday/Saturday setup in the first weekend, followed by Friday/Sunday the second weekend. Only happened that way twice with Calipari at UK: 2011 and 2012. Final Fours, both.
* Seems like every year the smart sportswriters pick Duke and UNC to play each other in the Final Four, although it's never happened. So of course they're all picking it again this year too. Idiots.
* Not only has a team that shoots as poorly from three as Duke never won a national title, but it's never even been to a Final Four. I'm sure I'll pick them to get there, but they'll be bucking history to do so.
* Thursday at tipoff, I'll be at a 10U softball game. Saturday at tipoff, assuming it's an early game, I'll be on a plane somewhere over the Atlantic on the way to Punta Cana. #blessed
* It's scary how much depends on luck in this tournament. One bad break, one bad matchup, one bad night, one bad call, and you're done. Forever.
* It's also scary how much of my emotional well-being is tied up in how a group of adolescents plays a game.