[Quick programming note: You have perhaps noticed a decline in my posting frequency. This is the new normal. I have a new job, and it is not fucking around. I have a BLACKBERRY.]

Pittsburgh lost on free throws after fouling a Butler player heaving the ball from 85 feet away from the basket. Duke went down as easily as a stripper at a lacrosse team party. Ohio State once again proved they are the most overrated college sports campus. And Kansas didn't only lose this weekend, they got handled like a resident at a crooked old folks' home. Out of 12 entries in the ObscureCraft Advanced Bracketology group on Yahoo, only one has any chance of getting more points next weekend (Judy has UConn in the Finals, and only THAT because he's a goddamned homer.) Only 4 brackets correctly predicted a single Final Four team correct. And for my part, I had two of the Final Four entrants going out IN THE FIRST ROUND.

So what happened here? My thoughts, in order:

The Big LEAST, amirite NY Post? Nate Silver can take his thoughtful analysis and shove it up his ass: the Big East SUCKS. Out of 68 tournament teams, 11 of them came from the Big East, and 5 of them were in the top 16. Only 2 of them came out of the first weekend.

Butler's coach is a wizard. Or a Jedi.

That is the end of my analysis. We are down to two possible winners in the bracket. If UConn wins a game next weekend, then Judy takes it home. If they don't, then Dustin holds on for the victory. In any case, anybody who calls themselves a "bracketologist", or spends any time trying to seriously analyze what is going to happen in the tournament, should be ashamed of themselves.