It Takes Two, Baby

This year, an unprecedented three teams from the Big East Conference became No. 1 seeds in the NCAA tournament (Louisville, Pittsburgh, and UConn). With seven total conference teams in the mix, chances are relatively good that there will be a Big East final in Detroit on April 6th. Despite the high probability that a Big East team will win the championship, a computer has come out and said that North Carolina will go all the way. Listen, I'm not an expert on the mathematics of probability, but I think this computer model is poppycock.
I prefer a simpler view of things. For example, I've noticed that things come in pairs:

• 2 teams from Maryland in the NCAA tournament - University of Maryland and Morgan State (Ohio leads all states with 5 teams - Xavier, Akron, Ohio State, Dayton and Cleveland State)
  
• 2 Griffin brothers (the 6'10 Blake and 6'7 Taylor average over 30 points and 20 rebounds per game for the Oklahoma Sooners)
• 2 schools that are also dead people (Revolutionary War patriot Robert Morris and Texas land-grabber Stephen F. Austin)
  
• 2 Vikings teams (Cleveland State and Portland State)
  
• 2 mascots fighting in March (Big Blue vs. Pistol Pete - reminding me of the fight below between Eli the Eagle and Jawz the Jaguar last year)

What do all of these doubles mean? When added together, the pairs equal the number 10. Which leads me to believe that a No. 10 seed will win in the first round. A No. 10 seed from the Big Ten, to be precise. There are TWO No. 10 seeds from the Big Ten (Michigan and Minnesota), but only one of them granted degrees to a pair of noted outlaws, the Unabomber and Dr. Jack Kevorkian. So I'm giving the nod to Michigan.
See how my math works? It's easy.

By the way, I am sincerely distraught that there is only one Hansbrough brother in the tournament this year. Since Ben transferred from Mississippi State to Notre Dame, he finds himself in the NIT. Tyler is somewhere sitting on a couch in Greensboro, and is feeling so alone. So dreadfully alone. Mi-mi!