{"id":404,"date":"2005-03-28T08:34:34","date_gmt":"2005-03-28T08:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1122productions.com\/brandon\/?p=404"},"modified":"2005-03-28T08:34:34","modified_gmt":"2005-03-28T08:34:34","slug":"blast-you-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1122productions.com\/brandon\/?p=404","title":{"rendered":"blast you, Kentucky!"},"content":{"rendered":"

After both of my teams took an early exit from the NCAA tournament, my following of it slowed pretty considerably. But I have to say that I was interested in it over the past couple of days.<\/p>\n

Almost every year, I’ve picked a bracket. Never for money, mind you…just to see how well I could do. Well, after three of the best regional final games ever, I stood to achieve something I’d never done in all my years of trying: pick the final four.<\/p>\n

I’d had UNC and Illinois (who hadn’t, really), and I’d played upon Louisville’s “us against the world” mentality after being chosen a 4-seed. Now, if only Kentucky could come through…<\/p>\n

And they couldn’t. D’oh!<\/p>\n

Oh, well. Maybe the perfect bracket exists next year…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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