Because everyone apparently is required to fill out an NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament bracket, here’s mine:

My usual strategy is to try to anticipate early-round upsets, but go with the favorites later. Hence I have (yawn) Kentucky beating (yawn) Duke for the national championship.

You may notice a lack of Wisconsin in the Final Four. I have become leery of the Badgers due to a lack of having beaten really good teams (for instance, Duke) this season. UW’s talent level is still not to the elite level, and frankly it may never be to that level. That’s a recipe for great regular-season success, but not winning the Final Four.

The other thing, as I read in Sports Illustrated this week, is that Final Four runs are more about guard play than other positions. The Badgers have a tremendous front line in Sam Dekker, Nigel Hayes and Frank Kaminsky. Their guards are good, but not Final Four-quality. The SI story mentions Final Four-caliber guards, mentioning Wisconsin only once, when the Badgers lost to one of those guards, Davidson’s Stephen Curry.

Enjoy the tournament anyway, because …