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2017 March Madness Is Finally Here

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and Puff is back with her predictions and analysis on the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Here are her thoughts:

Sorry, Cats and Cardinals fans. UK and U of L won’t go to Final Four.

Overall, it’s a wide open tournament. There will be upsets. But I’d keep my eye on Villanova and Gonzaga. Gonzaga has two point guards that are really sharp and can shoot the threes, and Mark Few is a good coach. I think he’s got one of his best teams coming into this tournament.

There will be upsets. I think Middle Tennessee can and will beat Minnesota, and UNCW can do the same to Virginia.

And I do think Northwestern can beat Vanderbilt.

Happy bracket picking!

Calipari

Three Questions In The Midst Of March Madness

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1. What is the job description of a university or college president?

2. What is the purpose of a university or college president?

3. What is the job description of a multi-million dollar coach at a university or college?

More on this soon. In the meantime, discuss.

 

Dear college basketball network announcers…

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We are getting close to the crazy part of March Madness. Excitement will not be scarce. As you think about your brackets, don’t miss the opportunities to pick some of the lower-budget schools that will surely upset some of the bigger teams in the earlier rounds.

I’m not picking on the referees this week — I promise — but I want to address my advice to the network announcers. (Well, all of them except Mike Emrick.)

Please call the games as the action rolls on, and leave out the dribble (no pun intended) about how YOU would have done it. Please do not wax on about players and their families, coaching advice, celebs in the stands, and other non-event narrative. Just stay focused on the action taking place on the court. That is all you are paid to do, and we don’t need information overload to distract us from the action on the court. Save that for timeouts and half-time shows.

While you fans are drowning in basketball mania, don’t forget take an advance glance at the horses, because the Kentucky Derby is right around the corner.

Commentary on the Sochi hockey commentary

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Five stars, blue ribbon and highest honors to the women and men’s ice hockey games announcer at the Olympics. [Editor’s note: we *think* its Mike Emrick Puff is referring to, but we have consumed zero seconds of Sochi except for Tara and Johnny’s Instagram, so correct us if we’re wrong in the comments.]

You could watch and listen or just listen and know what was going on in the game. All athletic announcers should take a lesson. He wasn’t telling them how to play, he was simply describing the plays as they happened. You had no trouble knowing what was happening. He knew the players on the other teams and could call their names out — amazing. NBC should give him a big raise, and ESPN should take a lesson, because their people can’t do it right.

In other news, everyone needs to start paying attention to their teams for March Madness. Last night, Russdiculous threw up the last shot in OT for the Cards’ sliver of a win over Cincinnati, and Kentucky had a hard time getting past LSU. Should be an exciting tournament…

My advice for winning Warren Buffett’s billion dollars

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I have to confess that I hope each and every one you who follow me accepts the billion dollar NCAA basketball tournament challenge grant opportunity from Warren Buffet’s big buck bucket. And I hope you are all winners, though, if your dream comes true, you realize you’ll have to share the billion dollars, since that’s all the poor man can afford to lose.

Picking every single winning team is all we need do, so I’m going to be studying a lot before the games begin. Forget the odds, just do your homework is the best advice I can give.

Speaking of games, the Olympic Games are soon to begin, and I want to wish all of our athletes the best in Sochi. I pray for safe trips for all who travel there. [This is a message from Puff’s husband: Some have suggested that Puff end with “I’m Putin my money on the athletes from the USA” but Puff put the Nixon that.]