We had an office basketball pool. It's kind of like pulling teeth to get people to enter around here because Fairbanks isn't really into the some of the more common sports that I've experienced in the Lower 48. People here appear to be extremely knowledgeable about skiing and hockey, but put a test in front of them on basketball or football, and I'm afraid that many would fail. It's rather shocking to me, but many people would pick a bracket up off of the table at work and say, "What's this?" After you would tell them, they would inquire, "How do you fill it out?" Who knew these people would need a lesson in how to fill out NCAA basketball brackets!!
It was for this reason that I thought that maybe for the first time in my life, I would have a good chance at winning the old office basketball pool. In former offices, I was one of many, but here at UAF I was one of four last year and one of nine this year. (Mind you there are many more than nine people in the office.) These are much higher chances of winning than I've ever experienced.
As part of the fun, I invited everyone over to my place for the championship game because we had a pretty tight race going. The game started at 5:00pm our time, so we all had to leave work a little early to try and catch the tip off. Nobody complained about leaving work early, but Lola definitely had something to say about basketball brackets after the game ended.
Maybe she was extra mad/jealous because her dad received a giant check for winning.
Yes, Andy may have won, crushing my dreams in the process, but I did manage to get second place. There's always next year, right?
