Today is Sunday - Selection Sunday to be exact. This is the day the basketball world stands still for a few minutes as the NCAA tournament brackets are revealed. There will be much crying from Dick Vitale screaming, "It's not fair!" when a "lesser" team gets in the tournament over a more deserving team. There will be jubilation from teams all around the country realizing that they've been given the gift of all gifts when they move off the "bubble" into the tournament. There will also be much less work getting done around the office this week as everyone fills out their brakets for the office pool spending unproductive hours at the water cooler speculating on this year's final four.
But doesn't it seem right in some sick sort of way. In today's world of war in Iraq, church burnings by teenage Satanists, UAE port-phobia and the VP's hunting accidents, we deserve a break! Shouldn't we get to forget about all those things for a few weeks and watch kids play the game of basketball as hard as they can? It's the season for last second shots and big-time upsets. It's not the 3-month painstaking ordeal of 4 rounds of best of seven games that the NBA puts us through every year. It's you lose and you're out! What pressure! It's almost as much suspense as watching the presidential election results! So even if you're not a basketball fan, take a few minutes to relax! This time only comes around once a year and we deserve a break from CNN!
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