When the NCAA tournament bracket was unveiled Sunday night, basketball fans had the most extraordinary reaction.
They mostly approved.
Know how I know?
Because the world did not end. The internet did not break. And — are you sitting down? — no one filled Toledo athletic director Mike O’Brien’s inbox with language that would make Tarantino blush.
In fact, O’Brien, a member of the men’s tournament selection committee, has not received a single critical missive since the 68-team field was announced.
“Anything,” he texted from Indianapolis.
With respect to UMBC over Virginia, it may be the biggest upset in March Madness history.