Best Basketball Bracketeer

No matter how tonight's Final Four turns out, one thing is sure: Andrea will, once again, beat me in our annual NCAA bracket competition with each other. (We both picked Ohio St. over Florida in the championship, in a rematch of the college football championship, so we have nothing left to gain or lose to each other in the games tonight.)

Now, in my sheepish defense, I picked a few crazy upsets (Old Dominion in the Sweet 16, Nevada in the Elite Eight, Texas in the Final Four) that didn't materialize in a rather uneventful tournament -- this was the first tourney since 1995 that had no double-digit seed in the Sweet 16. And I did pick three of the Final Four, erring only on Texas (I was betting on Kevin Durant).

But Andrea's performance -- more overall correct picks, seven of the Elite Eight, and three of the Final Four (missing only UCLA) -- was unbeatable this year. It even included a perfect prediction of the entire South region:


She definitely earned the household title of this year's Best Bracketeer.

Here's her handiwork: