Well, here we go with the brackets, and Pat Forde probably just exposed the biggest single thread of this entire tournament...

This is probably the year the NCAA needs a Gonzaga or a mid-major to win this tournament.

With the ongoing FBI investigation into the realities of college basketball, it is now almost certain that if a "name school" of any real import wins, it's getting vacated.

I know I saw, in one of the pictures involved, a massive list of players (about 50 or so) on a balance sheet for one of these agent racketeering outfits...  May have to go through, as a function of picking at least one of these brackets.

But, as Deadspin has their annual "Who got in and who got screwed?" article, they close it with an interesting note by college sports analyst Pat Forde:

Louisville out. USC out. Oklahoma State out. What do they have in common? Part of the federal investigation of college hoops.

— Pat Forde (@YahooForde) March 11, 2018

To which someone immediately noted Duke, North Carolina, etc.

You're right, Rickie...  But there's one problem:  Could this be indicative of the refereeing in the tournament??

Make your picks as you believe it will go.