The ball has not been tipped (yet), but here we are. The NCAA Tournament field is set and there are plenty of emotions that a lot of people are probably going through now. The teams they dislike somehow got in while the teams that are near and dear to their hearts somehow got snubbed. Their coworkers, friends and family who got their education in a Power 5 conference are talking about their respective school’s chances while they—a person who went to a non-basketball school—are either left convincing themselves that the NIT will be worth watching this year, or trying to find the will to support some random group of college students with a shithead coach that embodies everything that’s wrong with the NCAA’s current model. Some might even be coming to the realization that the school their ex went to has a good chance of winning the whole damn thing. It truly does seem this is a hard time of year for a lot of people online and I just want to acknowledge that your anger is valid.