So, how's my winning NCAA strategy going, you ask? Shut up, I reply.
Well, OK. I'm currently in a four-way tie for tenth place in the ScienceBlogs pool (of 23) on Yahoo. Of course, unlike some gloating people, all four of my Final Four picks are still alive... I still don't have much chance of catching the other people ahead of me.
So, for the record: Deliberate ignorance is a losing strategy. Hear that, Kansas and Ohio?
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