Congrats to the field of 65, but there’s one very big snub. Whizzer didn’t get courtside seats. Heads will roll. Sign up at redeyechicago.com/fiveonfive.
Brian Moore
Jimmy Greenfield
Scott Kleinberg
Phillip Thompson
Whizzer
TOPIC 1: HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE ILLINI NOW?
I congratulate them on being able to win three in a row. Big whoop.
I feel pretty. Oh so pretty. I feel pretty and witty and, you know, gay.
Same as I felt before the game — that they had no chance vs. Wisconsin.
I never noticed the resemblance to Northwestern before. Oh well, maybe next year.
Did they cover the spread? If not, dadgumit!
TOPIC 2: DRAW A COMPARISON BETWEEN SELECTION SUNDAY AND ELECTION 2008.
Hillary won’t win the NCAA title either.
Florida and Michigan won’t be part of either one.
Easy. I don’t think Hillary Clinton knows anything about basketball, either.
John McCain was born to be the next Bob Knight.
Blowhard analysts will try to make sense of it all — and fail.
TOPIC 3: HOW WOULD you CONSOLE TEAMS THAT WERE SNUBBED BY THE NCAA TOURNAMENT?
They’re grown men, they don’t need consoling. Northwestern, on the other hand …
A visit to the Emperor’s Club VIP room.
I’d put my arm around any one of their cheerleaders and lend my shoulder to cry on.
Five minutes alone with Billy Packer. Anything goes.
Isn’t that what the NIT is for?
TOPIC 4: WHO’S YOUR PET UNDERDOG FOR THE TOURNAMENT AND WHY?
Butler. An Indiana team that knows how to play the game. Watch them go.
Boise State. Because I bet $1 million they’d win it all.
Has to be Pittsburgh. … It’s in my blood.
I’m pretty sure there’s a Butler somewhere named Winthrop, so one of them.
First off, I don’t like the term “underdog.” Second, Maryland-Baltimore County all the way!
. TOPIC 5: WHILE EVERYONE WAS WATCHING SELECTION SUNDAY, WHAT ELSE HAPPENED?
Lewis Hamilton, the Barack Obama of racing, won the Australian Grand Prix. Pay attention.
I watched “Stranger Than Fiction.” Way better than I thought it would be.
I worked. Must be nice to have Sunday off.
The Houston Rockets won their 22nd straight, but did they get a high seed? Nooooooo.
The Bulls lost another game. Nah, just kidding, they didn’t play. But does it really matter?
