I hate Warren Buffett. The Oracle of Omaha spun his typical "gee whiz I'm just like you, but I'm worth $60 billion" yarn when he promised a cool billion to the one lucky S.O.B. who goes an improbable 63-for-63 in his NCAA men’s hoops bracket.
Because everybody knows what isn't cool.
Also not cool: Warren Buffett polluting my social media, with my "Facebook friends" cursing the University of Dayton Flyers for upsetting the favored Ohio State Buckeyes and therefore ruining my friends' chances of paying less in taxes than their secretaries.
While the other day one upsets had a sense of inevitability, the ending of the Dayton/OSU game was charmed. Buckeye guard Aaron Craft, who orchestrated yet another stunning late game winning play, crumbled to the ground when Dayton's Vee Sanford cut to the basket for a game winner of his own.
The day's most likely upset came from the team nobody wants to succeed. Harvard coach Tommy Amaker did it again by leading the Crimson the entire game over the higher-seeded Cincinnati Bearcats.
Anyone who marginally paid attention to hoops this season could tell you that Harvard was technically an underdog just by the virtue of playing in the Ivy League. It's annoying really. Harvard fans un-ironically play up the underdog label, posing as upstarts despite the fact they attend Harvard.
Thursday's upset nightcap was perhaps its most shocking. The North Dakota State Bison basketball team made like their championship-caliber football team and upset a team from a power conference, clawing back from four points down with 38 seconds to go and defeating the fifth-seeded Oklahoma Sooners.
The Bison upset had all the makings of a classic: A 12-seed always upsets a 5-seed every tournament, due to the lower seeds' red-hot shooting. NDSU carried on their country-best shooting percentage into March, and came away with the university's first-ever tournament win.
And thanks to these teams combined efforts, another episode of Warren Buffett foolishness can come to an end .