The Sinatra Film March Madness Bracket

Here's my latest Blue-Eyes.com blog: a Sinatra Film "March Madness" Bracket.

Do you agree?

It's "March Madness" time again, although I think I just violated a copyright by using the phrase "March Madness" so don't expect me...

...to write "March Madness" anytime after I give you my official "March Madness" Men's picks for 2010:

The Final Four: Tennessee, Syracuse, West Virginia, and Duke

The Finals: Tennessee versus West Virginia

The Champion: Tennessee

Heck, I don't have to wait until March to get distracted from my work!

From today’s Inside Higher Ed

March Madness and Its Toll on Academic Work

Making selections for those bracket pools takes time away from everything else, including scholarship, according to a new study by a Duke University professor. Charles Clotfelter, Z. Smith Reynolds Professor of Public Policy at Duke’s Sanford School of Public Policy, analyzed data on journal article viewing at 78 research libraries. He found that a drop in usage in the week after the pairings are announced for the National Collegiate Athletic Association men's basketball tournament. Further, he found additional drops at colleges and universities that won "toss-up" games, in the days following those games. “This drop in research activity in these libraries is quantitative evidence of the NCAA tournament’s power to influence patterns of work,” Clotfelter said.