March Madness a la Ariel

Ah, spring--the time when a young person's fancy turns to thoughts of BASKETBALL.

My friends, March Madness is upon us. And it's catching. I think I've caught a pretty good case of it this year, as evidenced last night by:

• Filling out a rather last-minute bracket in the library instead of reading my T.S. Eliot for my lit class (Eliot...basketball...Eliot--DEFINITELY basketball.)
• Ditching the library early for the express purpose of watching the game
• Yelling, "REBOUND!" and "YES! I LOVE YOU!" and other such things to the players while I'm sitting by myself in my room streaming the game over the Internet
• Getting up periodically during roommate dinner to run back to my room and see the score
• Checking and re-checking first-round bracket results during time-outs
• Catching the end of the Utah State-Kansas State game (it was a good one--you gotta respect those Aggies for fighting to the end)
• Staying up late talking to my roommate about said results and the upcoming game against Gonzaga 
• Anticipating the next day's results impatiently (I'm actually doing decently well in my bracket thus far)

So perhaps I'm not as hardcore as some, but for me this is a bit of a change from years past. And it's kind of fun. So bring on the madness--one cannot always be sensible. :) GO COUGARS!

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