I love the tournament.

It is so serious in our office, that we take the pool money out of our paychecks. Trash talking is reaching a feverish pitch right now. My accountant is in it, and I e-mailed him yesterday and told him to start filling out my 1099 for the winnings (how's that for nerd trash-talk?).

We have set up the conference room to watch the games, and office admin gave me a envelope with $60 for beer.

I have won 2 yearst straight, this is the 3-peat year.

I have a formula I pretty much live by. It goes:

1) Senior guards with tourney experience,
2) Coaches with tourney history
3) Talented forwards

Then I look at injuries, and how they fared down the stretch in-conference.

I don't like Tucky this year. They have great talent, and the coach (who I despise), but are too young for me. I can see Wisconsin beating them by ugly-ing up the game and causing them to crack. I have the Jayhawks winning it all, but still working on my brackets.