For the last few years, we've had a major competition in the Bates's household. Basketball is pretty important in our lives, so our friendly competition is to fill out brackets. There's always a small monetary prize, but I'm not really sure why, because Caleb has never won but he always gets some money out of it =)
One of my favorite parts is watching Selection Sunday and seeing who will be playing and where. This year, UK didn't make the cut. No surprise, they've been playing mediocre all year. When Noel went down with a knee injury, it took the wind out of UK's sails, and while they did manage to get some pretty good wins, they struggled throughout the season.
So tonight we watched and saw UK not make the cut. Caleb got down on his knees and prayed for the last bracket, but to no avail. So we saw Louisville and Miami and Western Kentucky take their spots. We printed off brackets and sat down and filled them out.
And this is my other favorite thing. Hearing why Caleb picks his teams. Colorado State because his favorite show Good Luck Charlie takes place in Colorado. Memphis because he likes the song, "Walking in Memphis." Duke... because even though we don't like Duke, it has "UK" in it. Pittsburgh because we like the Steelers. Ole Miss because that's where Michael Orr went to school. Kansas State, because that's where twisters happen, and "I've always felt sorry for people who have twisters." Western, because "of good old Kendall Marie."
And somehow, he got two number 8 seeds in the Championship game, with Pittsburgh taking it all. I only hope they don't play like our Steelers.
Mine calls for Louisville winning it all, beating Miami. I'm thinking it will be a close game.
Wallace is supposed to send us his tomorrow. Caleb is convinced he's going to copy off of his.
Tonight I'm thankful for March Madness... =)
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