NCAA March Madness hits the office

3/20/08 By Jamshid Mousavinezhad

NCAA March Madness hits the office

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One of the advantages of working in journalism is it's normal to have TVs on at work--usually we've got ours tuned to NY1 or CNN, but today they've all mysteriously switched to CBS.

It's a great time of year, and for me even more so than baseball signals winter's over and bright spring, with all its promise, is here.

You can't help but smile the first time you look up and see four games on the split screen at the same time--like there's so much excitement that it can only be conveyed through the use of this special TV technology.

And those last-minute game-winning plays, with Gus Johnson screaming and some obscure player from the middle of nowhere nailing his one shining moment... the only thing better, maybe, is winning that office pool.

Speaking of which, I've got North Carolina, Kansas, Texas and UCLA in the final four, with Kansas winning it all.

Tennessee, Wisconsin, Memphis and West Virginia also make the Elite Eight in my bracket, with Washington State, Louisville, Clemson, Georgetown, Michigan State, Stanford, Drake and Xavier also making the Sweet Sixteen.

I picked only two major upsets in the early rounds, (11) Saint Joseph's over (6) Oklahoma in the East, (13) San Diego over (4) Connecticut in the West.

Not an imaginative bracket, but I think the powerhouse teams are so much better than everyone else this year I couldn't find a plausible George Mason scenario.

My theory is when there's a lot of parity, everyone's on their guard and feels like they really could win it all so they're focused; and it's harder for the underdog to surprise anyone.

But really, I'd be thrilled if there were a bunch of crazy upsets--there's nothing like a bunch of coworkers clustered around a TV cheering and screaming as the clock runs out on some shocked heavy favorite.

So here's how you can follow the tournament on our website:

* Follow live scores here

* All the NCAA tournament stories are here

* Read up on all 64 teams here

* Barack Obama's picks are here
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