Take the No. 1 seeds in your NCAA tournament pools.
Leave the upsets for the amateurs. Pros like you and me go with the chalk (that's pro talk).
We don't pray to St. Joseph's or St. Mary's. We don't believe in Temple, and Oral Roberts has passed on.
We know Boise State is a football school. There are no Statue of Liberty plays in basketball.
We don't like hyphens. Cal State-Fullerton, Texas-Arlington, Maryland-Baltimore County? No-no-no.
We know George Mason was a once-in-a-lifetime deal, and we're not talking about this year's George Mason.
We know that since Bobby Knight picks Pittsburgh to win it all, then Pittsburgh will win ... considerably less.
We like the No. 1 seeds. The reason they're No. 1 seeds? They're the best.
UCLA over Kansas for the championship.
Now if you'll excuse me, I must leave for Tampa to cover Midwestern team Drake play a team from Kentucky in the West Regional.