Ah yes…Selection Sunday. The one Sunday out of the year when college basketball fans all across the country gather around their television sets in great anticipation (many still dressed in their pajamas or still drunk from Saturday night’s bender) …with such burning questions on their minds as: 1. Who will the NCAA selection committee shaft this year? 2. Where will my team be seeded? And probably the most important question of all: CAN WE GET THIS OVER WITH SO I CAN FILL OUT MY BRACKET?

Mark this date on your calendars: March 16, 2008

Don’t like my take on Selection Sunday? Here’s Wikipedia’s definition: The selection process for College Basketball’s NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Championship determines which 65 teams will enter the tournament, known as March Madness, and where they will be seeded and placed in the 2008 March Madness bracket. It is done by a special selection committee appointed by the NCAA. Thirty teams have automatic bids by winning their conference tournament; the Ivy League regular-season champion receives an automatic bid because the Ivy League has no conference tournament. Therefore, only 34 teams (the at-large bids) rely on the selection committee to secure them a spot in the tournament. The selection process primarily takes place on Selection Sunday and the days leading up to it. Selection Sunday is also when the brackets and seeds are released to the public.

A couple more months and you’ll all be able to fill out those brackets…