It’s officially March Madness, which means it’s time to fill out a bracket for your office pool! Every year, millions of people across the country spend countless hours deciding which men’s college basketball teams to pick to the Final Four, what upsets are most likely to happen and who will eventually take home the title. For most people, picking a champion differs from year to year. But for Lincoln native and verified asshole Brody Henderson, this year is no different than any other. Henderson picked his favorite team since high school, the Duke Blue Devils, to win the NCAA tournament.
“Yeah, I saw Duke in the bracket and I immediately penciled them in to win,” said Henderson. “There’s no way I go against my team, man. Duke all the way! Virginia, North Carolina, Arizona. It doesn’t matter. Duke wins the natty by 50 [points].”
Henderson’s co-workers at Sandhills Publishing said they weren’t even remotely surprised by Henderson’s decision to pick Duke to win the championship. “The guy is a total asshole,” said John Knoll, who works in the sales department with Henderson. “He’s condescending, rude to everyone and worst of all, he makes it known to everyone that he is the biggest Duke basketball fan around. He picks them every single year and hasn’t finished in the top half of our office pool ever since he got here. No wonder nobody enjoys being around him.”
According to ESPN’s Tournament Challenge website, Henderson has only filled in games in which Duke will be playing. Other than that, his entire bracket is blank. “I don’t need to fill in any other games,” said Henderson, on his bracket strategy. “All that matters is my Blue Devils are champs and I’ll win the office pool.”
Popular statistics website FiveThirtyEight gives Duke a 10% chance to win the NCAA tournament and gives Brody Henderson a 100% chance of being a major douche at work when the Blue Devils lose in the tournament.