March Madness Survival Guide

March Madness is finally here. As usual, the NCAA basketball tournament selection committee made its normal blunders by leaving out some teams that are better than the ones it chose as at-large selections. This year, Alabama got the shaft while Georgia, a team Alabama beat by 8 points in a regular-season game, was invited to the tournament.

The selection committee also erred by seeding Iowa above Creighton, Penn State above Providence, Georgia Tech above St. Joseph's and Texas above Temple. We will find out in the first round whether my analysis is better than that of the selection committee.

Here is a list of the opening-round games on Thursday and Friday, in the order in which they appear in the Las Vegas sports books. ...