↑ Upside

• Only chance most Portlanders will get to root for anything Kentucky does
• Uplifting battle of wills between elite shoe brands
• A sport Portland State occasionally threatens to be good at
• NCAA an inspiring example of how far a deeply flawed, exploitative institution can go in this world
• School pride masks complete ignorance about basketball
• Student-athletes show the power of volunteerism
• Thing between football and baseball

↓ Downside 

• The person who never watches a game will win your office pool
• Trump’s bracket < Obama’s bracket
• Beware the Ides of March
• Women’s tourney coverage confirms sexism you might have heard about
• Jeff Sessions will go after illegal gambling for a while
• Best mascots rarely make it past round of 32
• Longer vasectomy waitlist
• Duke