Christilaw: Madness for a good cause still madness – Thu, 19 Mar 2015 PST

If youre a plumber, youre No. 1 on speed dial when your friends and neighbors have a clogged drain. And if youre a doctor, everyone you meet wants to tell you where ithurts.

Sports writers get their share of such things. Most of the time we get questions like Whats wrong with the Cougars (fill in the blank) team? and Is Gonzaga for real thisyear?

In March, many of us get tapped for whatever insights we can muster while our friends fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets. Not that we have a statistical edge

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If youre a plumber, youre No. 1 on speed dial when your friends and neighbors have a clogged drain. And if youre a doctor, everyone you meet wants to tell you where ithurts.

Sports writers get their share of such things. Most of the time we get questions like Whats wrong with the Cougars (fill in the blank) team? and Is Gonzaga for real thisyear?

In March, many of us get tapped for whatever insights we can muster while our friends fill out their NCAA Tournament brackets. Not that we have a statistical edge on plumbers and doctors when it comes to predicting what will happen in a college basketballgame.

When was the last time you saw a sports writer win one of those online bracket challenges? Yeah, I dont remembereither.

But my beloved partner seeks me out for my opinion on herbracket.

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Christilaw: Madness for a good cause still madness - Thu, 19 Mar 2015 PST