Today is one of the most important days of the year. Let's do our best not to screw it up.

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Take off work for heaven's sake. There's games on from 10am to 11pm. Now's not the time to be filing TPS reports. Don't be a hero. Call in sick. In fact, you should have sent the email last night.

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See if you can get two screens going. There's 16 games a day. One screen isn't enough and your phone doesn't count. Wheel in a second TV.

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Nobody cares about your bracket except you. Even the people in your pool don't want to hear about it.

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You might need to reevaluate the "Screw Duke" philosophy. For hundreds of years our fathers and forefathers have lived by that motto. Except now, Coach K is gone. The self-righteous tyrant has moved on to doing Geico commercials. Maybe we can be easier on the Blue Devils now?

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Billy is dead.

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You get one bracket. That's it. Don't fill out ten. Have the courage of your convictions! If you fill out ten there's no satisfaction there. You get no credit for picking Drake to the Elite 8 if you had ten different tries. 

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Getcha some wings.

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I recommend a printed bracket. Tracking it down on your phone every seven seconds becomes burdensome.

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I think this could be Oral Roberts this year? Gotta beat Duke round one though.

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Barkley's awesome. Cut him some slack when he obviously hasn't watched any of these teams play all year.

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Burn your brackets after Friday and just enjoy viewing experience! 

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