And just like that...
It was over - Kansas' run, and all of its fans, alumni and students' interest in the NCAA Tournament.
Two weeks ago we were all penciling in brackets like Will Hunting feverishly deciphering mathematical equations. We were ready to fake being sick to miss work, to watch every game, every minute. It consumed our waking minds. We convinced ourselves that we knew inside information on some school we never heard of. We cared too much about other school's victories, running around and talking trash on workmates, because such unexpected victories gave us a leg up for some meaningless bracket pool.