Tonight I celebrated a first in my life- my first time watching and kind of caring about the NBA draft. And, guess what, it was well worth it. Because THE Jimmer Fredette is coming to MY Sacramento Kings (not exactly mine, but I have been to 2 games so they practically are mine.) I'm planning on a lot more Kings Games in my future.
We have fully embraced basketball this March. Last Wednesday we went to another Kings' game.
In my family we don't take college sports lightly. Every year during the football bowls and basketball tournament we have a competition among all the posterity of my grandpa and his siblings. The prize? Family honor, bragging rights for a whole year. It gets pretty intense.
I have participated in the family competition since I was in high school and have done pretty well if I may say so myself. I won twice, and this past winter Bryan and I came in at #1 and #3 (my stinkin' 8 year old brother sneaked in and stole position #2 from me at the last minute.)
My secret is this: the less you know, the better you do. Seriously. Here are some of the criteria I use to pick my winning teams:
- any school I have attended (which means BYU since Godwin High has yet to produce a NCAA tourny- worthy team)
- any school in Virginia
- any school with proximity to Virginia
- any school that someone I know attends
- any school that someone I know really likes (for example- OSU for my roomie Britney)
But this year I got an email from my brother-in-law-to-be (wow, what a title) that will save me hours and hours of research. I am passing along this gift to you.
bracket by mascots
bracket by colors
Bring on the Madness, and Go Cougs!
(Did I really just write a whole post about sports?)
