Russell's Bracket Dead At 4 Days

Russell's bracket died tragically yesterday at the relatively young age of 4 days. It was clear on Saturday that the bracket was in serious peril thanks to the Butler Bulldogs, but it became apparent that the end was near as Notre Dame was getting slaughtered, while Kansas State lost to Wisconsin, and Gonzaga fell to BYU. A grieving Simon said to reporters "A ray of hope shone through as Gilbert Brown went to the foul line, but the bracket then experienced a major heart attack, that proved the end was near."

Russell's bracket adopted the radical strategy of picking a lot of upsets, but naturally picked all of the wrong one's, which led to the bracket being in critical condition before the events of Saturday night. Among the notable losses that had a play in the brackets death were, Gonzaga loosing to BYU, UCLA beating Michigan State, Washington loosing to North Carolina, Butler loosing to ODU, and Marquette loosing to Xavier. This radical strategy had a chance at growth, but the bracket quickly became ill again: "We tried everything we could" said Doctor Vitale, who oversaw his care in the intensive care unit, "But VCU was to much for him."

However many other brackets currently in critical condition talked of Russell's bracket quite fondly. They recall his sunny optimism that he would be saved, said hospital roommate Adam's Bracket "He always believed I mean he had faith in Notre Dame and Pitt, and always believed they would come out on top." Others looked fondly at some of the highlights of his bracket, including George Mason,and Richmond that will always cause people to remember him fondly.

Russell's bracket is survived by Ohio State and UConn, his final resting place will be the kitchen garbage.