Well, here is how things have fared in the world of NCAA Basketball.

As you know in NCAA Basketball, it's March Madness Time. As you probably know I am from North Carolina. In my are of North Carolina, The Triangle Area, we have three major colleges. The University of North Carolina (or UNC), North Carolina State University (or NC State), and Duke University. Most people are fans of at least one of these three colleges, and for those of you who read my blog on a regular basis I am indeed a UNC fan. I am neither a fan of Duke nor NC State. I don't keep up with them. Personally, I AM happy to hear Duke or State lose (especially Duke). Of course all three colleges qualified for March Madness, the tournament for the National NCAA Basketball championship. Hence the picture below! I thank iStock for that.

NC State, they barely qualified. They beat Xavier to qualify. However, yesterday they lost to St. Louis in overtime. But I guess, that's just the way things go, YA KNOW. Sorry State, better luck next time, I SUPPOSE.

Both UNC and Duke played today. As you know, I am a UNC fan, so I would NEVER cheer for Duke. Duke played Mercer today. They were favored something like 4-1 over Mercer. Mercer is a small private college in Georgia. They aren't known for doing well in the March Madness Tournament. You'd think this game SHOULD have been a shoe-in for Duke, right? AAA! WRONG!! Mercer actually beat Duke. Personally, I was happy to hear that news. I mean, you could only imagine the humiliation they must have felt after that loss. Personally, though I will admit I didn't see the game. I still believe Duke underestimated them and took them lightly. They assumed they would be push-overs. Even I THOUGHT Duke was going to win that game. Well, I'm happy that they DIDN'T! No offense to Duke fans. But Duke is now OUT of the tournament.

Asked for UNC. Well, though out 75% of the game, they were really sticking to Providence. However, around that last 10 minutes, Providence started to turn things around. They ALMOST beat UNC. But yes, people the word is ALMOST! But we all know what horse shoes and hand grenades have to do with Basketball, right? NOTHING!! That right, horse shoes and hand grenades have NOTHING to do with Basketball. SO CLOSE DOESN'T COUNT!! UNC won 79-77. That means UNC IS going to the next round. They will play Iowa State on Sunday, 5:00 EST. I wish them the best of luck in that game. How ironic, both Duke and NC State went further than UNC in the ACC Tournament, but UNC went further then both of them in the National Tournament. I just hope the best for them. But, I have hear Iowa State will be tough. I was HAPPY to hear Duke lose to lower ranked team. And HAPPIER to see UNC advance further. And yes, I would be REALLY happy if UNC goes all the way. So, I guess that the update so far. GO TAR HEELS!!

Here is a replica of a March Madness bracket for those of you who live outside the United States. Yes, I know it's not filled out. It's a photo I got from iStock, but iStock's photos have are royalty free, so I can legally use them. You can got he NCAA web site for more info. But this is what it looks like. But, for all of you out there who live both in and outside the United States, before March Madness, Warren Buffett issued a contest. The contest would be if anybody can guess and fill out all the brackets PERFECTLY. But if you did guess them all perfectly, he will pay people $1 BILLION!! So, for a billion dollars, all you have to do is guess and fill each and every bracket perfectly. One mistake, NO MONEY. Well, being the tournament is all ready underway, I think it's safe to say it's too late to enter now. He needed your predictions mailed in ahead of time so he can see how well you predicted and picked every single winner. Doesn't have hem now in his hands, it's will NOT count (and I getting to repetitive). But still, what are the odds that somebody could guess ALL the winners perfectly. It's just too unlikely.  

Oh, and I mean no offense to any Duke, Mercer, or NC State fans.