“This year I’ll be outsourcing my bracket to India”

Every year my bracket is the wrong mix of head and heart, upsets and chalk. Consequently, you’ll find me in last place of the office pool by noon on the first day.

So this year I’ll be outsourcing my bracket to India. My roommate from Mumbai is an avid Manchester United supporter and cricket fan, but he possesses little to no knowledge of American college hoops. His expertise goes so far as the Andrew Wiggins hype commercials on TSN, and one degree of separation from Coach K when he applied to Duke. That’s it.

It’s March Madness Mumbai style, so here are his picks. It sure feels like a billion bucks to me.

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He picked his winner, the UCONN Huskies, because he knows someone who lives in Connecticut -that’s some in depth analysis right there.

And there you have it. In a tournament like this, in a strange year like this where even uber-predictor, Nate Silver says he’s not going to look smart, this beautiful bracket might be my best shot at Buffet’s Billion.