When not getting what you want is good

Imag­ine my dis­may when just over a week ago the brack­ets were released, and I dis­cov­ered that my beloved Tarheels and my equally beloved Buck­eyes would be play­ing right up the road at the UD arena. “Why would you be dis­mayed Dave?” “That sounds like good news.” The dis­may came from the price of the tick­ets and the fact that while on the search for a job, it prob­a­bly is not a good idea to spend the fam­ily nest egg on March Mad­ness. But, I really wanted to go. Instead, I opted to save my money, hang with my fam­ily, and try to catch what I could on TV. Thank God! Yes­ter­day was noth­ing short of a dis­as­ter for both teams, and I would have left UD arena a bro­ken man. Some­times not get­ting what you want is a good thing. As it stands, I had a great week­end, watched some hoops, and con­tin­ued my tra­di­tion of burn­ing my brack­ets after week 1. Cin­derella is great until she takes your spot in the dance. Oh well, it will be fun to root against Duke, and it keeps me from hav­ing to endure CSI Omaha, CSI Topeka, CSI Toledo, Air Force CSI, and Law and Order CSI on the tube. Long live March Mad­ness.
North Car­olina Tar Heels, NCAA Divi­sion I Mens Bas­ket­ball, George Mason Patri­ots — CBS SportsLine.com