Sunday, March 13, 2005
65 Minus 64
P enciled in a ghost bracket; eerie how many higher seeds I was compelled to choose. I've read up on the competition (Hey you, blogosphere, how come you're not signing up for the bracket posted here!?...still time to join, but we're going ahead with it no matter what).
Mulling over these:
UAB vs. LSU in an 11 v. 6. Haven't watched LSU play this season. UAB
gets after it.
Advancing No. 12s: ODU or UWM. I expect G. Washington and Ga. Tech to be a
game.
Solid 10-seeds: Iowa and NC State. Two-seeds Kentucky and UConn, get
loose, get ready.
Washington Huskies a No. 1 seed? First purple-wearing No. 1 since
???. Can't
see 'em getting past Ga. Tech or Louisville.
Maybe Texas Tech'll beat Gonzaga, second round. Maybe.
UNC was unbelievably flat against Clemson and Ga. Tech in the ACC Tourney.
And never been impressed with Carolina's coach.
Play-in game: Oakland edges Alabama A&M. Or not.
Not much feeling about the final four yet. Probably better sleep on it.
I don't think Illinois or Washington will make it to St. Louis, and I don't want
Duke to get there.
Trails of Activation
N o, I really don't have time for puttering around with graphing software, so that's exactly what I did for a brief while yesterday, an insignificant gesture of defiance at my own focus and production obsessions. It is spring break after all, a period of regenerative slothfulness. Yet knowing that I have to ease into slothfulness to avoid system shock, I watched a little basketball while reading, trying to get ahead of the post-break reading load to avoid any related trauma on down the line. It all folds together--the slothful regression, the read-ahead and NCAA hoops--this way, in what I'm calling trails of activation. Just a quick graphic generated by software from a randomized list of stuff from Saturday. I'd offer claims toward intelligibility, but that would require effort and, therefore, undermine my attempts to enjoy some overdue rest and relaxation.
