underdogs.....

ok, so i have said it once, and i'll say it again....i am a sucker for underdogs.........basketball, especially march madness, simply reminds me of this truth.......it is thrilling to watch the under-rated show their stuff and the over-rated get their comeupance- is that a word- comeupance,or comeupence, or it is come-upance, or none of the above.....ah well.....y'all know what i mean.......there are in this world people who are supposed to win.......because people that should know say so.....and there are the people who are not supposed to succeed......for the same reason.......and this goes further....the people who are not supposed to succeed start believing the myth, just like people are are supposed to win begin to feel entitled.....which brings me to wake forest/west virginia.........wv forgot that they were not supposed to win.....and wake somehow forgot that they were not necessarily entitled......not in the big dance........and so wake lost in doulbe overtime to a team seeded far below them......and it was sweet to watch......even though i have no dog in that fight.....knowing nobody who attends either school......well, that isn't necessarily true...there is likely somebody from this little town who goes to wake, or in my middle child's class who has applied to wake, but nobody comes to mind off the top of my head.....i will admit to mixed feelings watching uc play ky in the earlier match-up......cincinnati was playing to win despite their lower seed, and had i not wanted uk to move on to the sweet 16 i would have cheered them on......basketball is a stressful, heart-wrenching sport in march.....not for the meek of heart........so who do i pick to win it all....if uk cannot get it done.....i haven't made up my mind....other than i do not want it to be duke or uconn.....i still hold a grudge from the duke-uconn final a few years back....i had a perfect bracket going in a large pool, until the wrong team lost in the final.......and i have yet to forgive either team....so i am now one of those people who will root for any team playing either of those powerhouses.......just like i naturally root for any team playing michigan....but that is another story indeed......