Last week, Tucker Keene, our online editor, created a Sweet Sixteen bracket. Our premise was simple: a guy who doesn’t know what a fast break is could outpick the sports desk and most of America.
Long story short, he did. He picked two final four teams correctly – much better than flipping a coin for every matchup. And, seriously, who could have picked Wichita State?
His national champion pick, Michigan, looked strong over the weekend.
Our experiment proves something: no tool or expert can outpick the craziness that is March Madness.
“As a political junkie, I trusted Obama on Indiana and McCain on Louisville,” Keene said. “Beyond politics, I picked based on how good the school names sounded.”
Keene’s method, while highly irrational and illogical, also led to better results than more than 80 percent of the nation’s Sweet Sixteen picks. So, here is our March Madness tip: trust Washington and like the feel of a school’s name when it rolls off your tongue.