Life's simple pleasures

There's really nothing more surprisingly pleasant this time of year than opening your NCAA Tournament bracket and seeing that one of the matchups you'd gone back and forth on was picked correctly in the end (and you were pretty sure you'd gone the other way on the pick).

Syracuse was just put to bed by Texas A&M and Frank the Tank had talked me into posting that as my 5-12 upset.

The fraternal twin of this little slice of heaven is opening your bracket on Yahoo! or ESPN to find the last-second dumbass move you'd made wasn't recorded. You can spend all afternoon kicking yourself for playing it too fast and loose with regards to picking crazy upsets and mid-major Cinderella teams only to see you hit the wrong button and kept yourself out of trouble.

Not my case this year, but also a great feeling.

Enjoy Day 2 of hoop Friday and I'll be back next week when I will more than likely be back in Minneapolis... but no promises...

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