Anyone who spends a lot of time with Inky, XL and I will tell you that we have a bit of a shorthand together. Call it the result of way too much time spent together in twos and threes over the past decade and a half, but we are all on the same brain frequency. (The proof may lie in the fact that they will both make the same joke about the previous sentence.) Another place that it may manifest itself is our brackets.
On the second day of the Tourney I posted a record of 10-6, losing two Sweet 16 teams in Vandy and Drake among those 6 losses. Inky also lost those same two Sweet 16 team in a day that saw her go 9-7, and resulting in a tie between the two of us for the top spot at 22-10. For his part, XL had a 10-6 day but lost an Elite 8 team in UConn to go along with the other Sweet 16 team he lost in Clemson. Coupled with his day one totals, XL is now one game back at 21-11 in a three horse race.
Our bracket determined by a toss o' the coin is really taking it on the chin. After starting off 12-4 on day one, George Washington posted a 7-9 on day two for a total at this point of 19-13. However, GW has lost 8 sweet 16 teams, 4 Elite 8 teams and Gonzaga in both the final four an title game. Sure, he could found a nation, but can he do better than 50/50 on the bracket? No.
Today may be the telling day for this race, since Inky, XL and I all have UNC winning we will all live or die in the next two rounds. May the best blogger win, and if it can't be me, I guess I'm pulling for XL because Inky would never let me hear the end of it if she won.
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