A few times in my life I have put up a few bucks and joined an NCAA men’s basketball tournament pool. I pretty much knew nothing about any of the teams and lost bigtime. Last year I didn’t even bother participating in the totally free bracket challenge on ESPN.com with my husband’s huge and awesome blog community, Black Shoe Diaries.
This year was different because for the first time in a decade, Penn State made the tournament. Also because of Mike’s blog I watched a LOT of Penn State basketball this season, so I was at least familiar with the teams they played. I figured this year since I’d be watching Penn State in the first round anyway, I might as well fill out a bracket. Then I saw that my pastor started another group bracket challenge for our church. Already had the bracket made, so I joined. Then I saw musician Robbie Seay tweet that he had a bracket challenge going and whoever won would get a tshirt and a copy of Miracle on vinyl. So I joined there too.
Guess what happened?!
Yes, I chose UConn to go all the way and win the championship. And last night they did just that! So I won all three groups! Check it out.
That’s me, PSUWifey1. That’s my nickname on Black Shoe Diaries (BSD). Check that out, 99.6%.
And just for posterity and satisfaction, the most important win for bragging rights purposes was the BSD group with more than 200 people participating. Most of them sports fanatics.
Ok I’m done now…I just wanted to savor this moment.