adventures of a crazy cat lady

so over at espn.com today's poll question asks, "How many brackets will you be filling out?". this refers to the upcoming NCAA Men's Basketball Championship, and the March Madness and bracket mania that accompanies it.

I always fill out 2 brackets (I may enter those 2 brackets into many different contests, but there's always 2 different brackets). one is my 'heart' bracket, which means UofL goes all the way to the final game and wins the championship -- and if possible they play UK along the way. the other is my 'head' bracket, which means I put down my realistic picks of who I really think will win each game based on the umpteen billion games I've watched all year.

so I answered the poll with "2".

whenever you answer a poll on espn.com, a window will pop up with a map, telling you how people voted and where. the map is color-coded based on the current majority pick for that state (and the world). and if you hover your mouse over a state, it will tell you the current percentage breakdown of the answers for that state.

I answered "2", and the new window opened to show this map.



really? wth?! Kentucky and Delaware are the ONLY places in the WORLD where the majority are filling out more than one bracket? I knew we were a conflicted state with UofL and UK, but wow! I would have thought some other states like North Carolina, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois would have the majority filling out multiple brackets. but I guess not.

btw, the current percentage breakdown for KY is:
One -- 26%
Two -- 29%
Three -- 17%
Four -- 8%
Five Or More -- 21%

today my UofL Cardinal men's basketball team will play their last ever game in historic Freedom Hall. they will be moving to a new downtown arena next year, after 54 years in Freedom Hall.

add to that, we need a win to help cement our spot in the NCAA tournament.

and it's senior night.

and we will be playing #1 ranked Syracuse. Syracuse, who we actually beat a couple weeks ago at their place in a big upset, so Syracuse is looking for revenge.

can this game get any bigger? it's like a hollywood sports movie, only true.

the pressure has got to be immense. and it's going to be awesome, regardless of the outcome.

they just started the senior day stuff. it's a nationally telecast game, so no local coverage on tv (bah!). but I'm listening to the senior day coverage on the radio. unfortunately can't see the video they're playing in the stadium, but at least radio is describing it.

off to watch the game.