There are few things more reliable in sports than emerging from the first weekend of the men’s NCAA tournament feeling like you’ve just been on the prognosticating equivalent of an ill-advised bender. Taking stock of the poor decisions and unwise pronouncements, doing a damage-control assessment, stewing in regret—the hangover from bad bracket picks is real.
After the original 1–68 ranking from last week resulted in the usual mayhem—including team No. 68 winning more games than team No. 2—it’s time to reappraise and rerank. Out with the old, in with the more enlightened 1–16 as we head into the second week of the Big Dance:
