Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

Each year during the NCAA tournament, I get asked how my bracket is doing.

I always answer I don’t do brackets because I would pick teams that I want to win instead of investing time figuring out which team matches up better against an opponent. That’s really time consuming and I wouldn’t enjoy watching the games.

I think one of my uncles had the right idea when he bet on a game. He would take the opposing team and let you take the team we both really wanted to win. He said, “If I win the bet I get the money, and if I lose the bet my team wins!”

It was a little quirky, but so was...