It's that time of year again - and BLASTmedia is certainly joining in the March Madness hype. Mornings are full of game re-enactments from the night before, there's trash talking at the printer, no piece of paper will be tossed in the re­cycling bin without first being wadded up, dribbled, pump-faked and finger-rolled. And, then there's the office pool...strange how the front runner is also the organizer who has yet to 'publicly' display his bracket choices. We think he's just bitter since Purdue has crashed and burned...Hmmmm...

I'm still getting my heart rate down from the Buckeyes win last night - whew! What a game. Greg Oden and Mike Conley are actually from right here in Indianapolis. Speaking of Indianapolis, Butler faces off against Florida tonight at 7:10 PM. As a Buckeye, and now a Hoosier transplant, I'm rooting AGAINST Florida, but would secretly LOVE to see the Bucks get their chance against the Gators in basektball at the final game.

The Indy Star is taking an online poll on who will win the game tonight against Butler and Florida - 57% says Butler; 43% Florida. According to my friends and family, it looks like the most popular Final Four choices are Ohio State, Florida, Kansas and North Carolina.

A recent study estimated that the typical fan will spend about 13 minutes a day on basketball Web sites. A different study from WorkPlace Media says that only 30 percent of workers plunked down money on office pools last week, and that two-thirds of them risked $10 or less. Among the findings:

- Thirty-three percent of us will wait until we get home to watch the action.

- Only one in 10 will go on­line at work to keep track of their picks.

- Almost 70 percent said they did not take part in a pool.

I guess these people don't live in Indiana....