Daily blurb
The brackets are announced, and the pre-tourney analysis is in full gear. As usual, a lot of air time is being spent on bubble teams who got popped, and undeserving teams who got in. Last year, VCU was one of those “in” teams getting dissed, and then they went on to reach the Final Four, so I guess you can no longer dismiss “bubble snubs” under the guise of “in any event, they had no chance of reaching the Final Four or winning the tournament.” Regardless, the field is what it is, so there’s nothing productive to be gained from wailing about the unfairness of excluding Drexel or perhaps PAC-12 regular season champ Washington.

The RotoGuru Market Madness Contest is open and taking your registrations and selections. If you’ve never entered this contest before, be aware that it’s not your garden-variety fill-in-the-bracket contest. The contest rules are a good place to start, but I’ll be posting some other tips in the next few blurbs on how to go about putting together a coherent entry. And remember, last year my dog won (based on the success of canine teams, including a final game between the Huskies and Bulldogs), so anything is possible.