Thinking about Final Four

Before I begin, I need to take a TV timeout. \nCan you imagine if after every four sentences I took a break? \nOK, fine, sometimes the columns read like that anyway, but stick with me on this one.\nIn the three hours of a CBS-broadcast NCAA basketball game, one only watches 40 minutes of actual game coverage. \nAnd heaven forbid CBS stays on the game during a timeout. A player asking for a second to tie his shoe does not warrant another commercial. \nAlright. I know CBS must pay its bills for the gazillion dollars it spent to cover the tournament, but with two seconds left in a tied ball game, I don't want to hear why Team "Idontgiveapoo" is having internal problems on "Survivor."\nUnless it's the commercial of the women basketball players dancing to the song, "I am extraordinary," I don't need to hear about it.\nBut like every year, this March Madness has been nothing but extraordinary. Oklahoma State, Georgia Tech, Duke or UConn -- take your pick, but please, whatever you do, don't listen to fellow columnist Cakes' picks. \nFor a columnist that got as many Sweet 16 picks correct and then bragged about it, he followed that performance going 5-for-10. \nBut at least he got more then Dick Vitale, who got one pick right for each strand of hair on his head. \nIn this tournament, your luck can change just like that -- well, except for me. Nope, I've been Mr. Consistency by always being wrong. My picks have been so off I actually had more Sweet 16 remaining teams in my flip-a-coin bracket. \nBut that's what I love about tourney time and this time of the year in general. The tournament is in full swing, baseball's beginning and the best part of hockey is starting. It's every guy's dream and every girlfriend's nightmare, unless you're like my brother, who seems to lose each year to his girlfriend in tourney picks. \nSorry bro. \nRegardless, I still have a few complaints about NCAA basketball. I may be nitpicky, but it's my column. \nI'm just a little afraid one of these Final Four games will come down to a jump ball. And the possession arrow goes to? Are you kidding? If the NCAA should take one lesson from the NBA, it should be, jump it up! \nAnd why do some teams huddle during timeouts on the actual floor with folding studio chairs? Sweat's dripping, water's falling, non-basketball shoes are walking on the court, yet no one seems to care. I know some of the timeouts are called "a timeout on the floor," but I didn't think they'd take that literally. \nEither way, that's all my beef for a sport whose tournament is so amazing that, between rounds of the men's bracket, I've occupied myself with some exciting women's tournament games. Seriously, most every game I've watched has been close, hard fought and well-played. \nBut as far as this weekend's men's Final Four, who do I like?\nI don't know. Got change for a dollar?