NCAA Bracket

What are you really looking at when you look at your bracket? Are you looking at what teams you've picked to go all the way? Are you looking at a great American passtime? No, not really.

When I look at my bracket from this year, I see a bracket I've never done before - a bracket unfamiliar to Richard Rigby, Jr. What is it? When have I ever had Kansas going to the Sweet 16? When have I ever not had Southern Illinois or Butler going to the Elite 8, or even winning it all? Why on earth would I put Baylor in the Final Four? What's happened to me? I'm afraid to say it, but yes, I've become a realist. Is it because of med school? Possibly, but might it be a better to ask, am I in tune with myself? See, a lot of what I do is based on simple, but difficult to understand, thinking. I fell in love with the Salukis of Southern Illinois a while back, and then I got into watching their rivalry with Butler, and then I started picking Butler to go far. But why not this year? I've lost touch with some of me. It's not to the point of no return. Oh, there will be a return.

Next time you look at your bracket, think about what you're really looking at. You're looking at yourself.