THE NOTORIOUS 5-12 UPSET

Tiny Manhattan College busted the University of Florida right out of the NCAA mens’ tourney today. On a mailing list I’m on, somebody posted the question if anybody at all had Manhattan over Florida. I think just about everybody on the list except for that person did.

If I, who don’t give a rat’s bonkus about college basketball, knew that Florida was underachieving horribly all season long and came into the tournament with the trajectory of a cast-iron hang-glider, then it’s not hard to figure out why Manhattan was such a tempting pick.

There have been no other surprises in the tournament thus far, except for the fact that 11 games have gone final, and my entire Sweet 16 is still alive. That may be a record for me.