Excuse me, but I’d like to discuss a few things about the NCAA Tournament that don’t involve the actual play on the floor (sort of).

Who is the guy who is in charge of the goofy slogans on the warmup shirts that the bench players wear? “Gritty, Not Pretty” (Purdue), “Do More, Say Less” (Michigan), “Zag Up” (Gonzaga), “All For One” (Xavier). Some are just plain unimaginative — “Go Herd” (Marshall) and the always creative “Let’s Go” by West Virginia. Wichita State’s was “Clock In,” but they lost in the first round, so I guess they they clocked out. I didn’t actually see them, but I assume Arizona’s was “We Quit,” because most of them did. Last year, it was “Always Reppin” for most of the teams which amused me more than a little bit. But obviously they expanded the brand this year, or maybe no one is reppin’ anymore, which seems like a shame to me.

The constant barrage of Capital One commercials with Spike Lee, Charles Barkley and Samuel L. Jackson actually don’t bother me because there are enough of them to keep a little diversity going. And the one at Jim Nantz’s house is particularly good, but have you checked the girth on Jim lately? It makes Barkley feel a lot better about himself. Meanwhile, Nationwide keeps trying to get me to buy insurance with a parade of singers who act like they are trying out for American Idol while extolling the virtues of how the company will be on my side AND the side of the guy who rammed his car into my house. Not a lot of lyrics rhyme with “limited liability coverage.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again — I hope the guy who came up with the method to show every game on television on four different channels is enjoying an adult beverage with a piece of fruit and an umbrella in it right about now. It wasn’t that long ago that everything was regionalized, which made it nearly impossible to follow a team that was outside your area code. How did it take this long to figure this out?