I feel like Robin Williams in Good Will Hunting.

“It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault. It’s not your fault.”

I, like many bracketologist, watched their deep selections go up in flames yesterday. And, we’re having a hard time understanding why. I mean, these were No. 1 and No. 2 seeds. No one could have seen this coming, right? Right?

First, Villanova started the fire by falling to St. Mary’s – which wasn’t too bad depending on your faith in the Wildcats. Some people had them going to the Final Four, others had them bowing out earlier.

Then the unthinkable happened. It was like Judgment Day for brackets. And not the bible Judgment Day, the Terminator 2 version, when the machines fought back and incinerated that playground in Sarah Conners’ dream.

Or at least, that’s how it felt when Ali Farokhmanesh (pronounced Al-Lee Fak-U-Kan-Ass) buried that 3-pointer to push Northern Iowa past No. 1 overall seed Kansas Saturday afternoon.

That game was the black plague of brackets. Myself and Covers.com colleague, Ashton Grewal, both had KU dancing into the national title game and taking its second NCAA title in three years. 

But instead, I had to take the pink highlighter and cross out Kansas five times – the final one being the worst of all.

National Champion: Kansas – Gone!

But, the tournament marches on, even without its top team. As so must we.

So, again, it is time to figure out just where your bracket stands among the masses. And, in honor of all these upsets over the past three days, we turn to everyone’s favorite underdogs – the Hickory High Huskers – for guidance.

Check out what Hoosiers character your bracket is:

Jimmy Chitwood

Among your community or bracket pool, in this case, you are God. You don’t miss, thanks to hours of silent bracket breakdown in behind your farm house. Before the tournament started, you swore you wouldn’t fill out a field of 64. But with some convincing from your buddies, you submitted your bracket just before tipoff on Thursday.


Upon submission, your fellow bracketeers had a good chuckle at the fact that you had Ohio over Georgetown, Murray State over Vanderbilt, St. Mary’s advancing to the Sweet 16 and they nearly shit their pants when they saw you had Northern Iowa knocking off Kansas. After a couple minutes of them passing around your bracket and giggling and pointing, they asked if you were for real. To which you simply said, “I’ll make it”.

Coach Norman Dale

You’ve made some mistakes in the past, like doubting the Pac-10, punching a former player and putting Kansas in your Final Four. But you’re still a great basketball mind and an expert of making lemonade out of lemons. And hey, that bracket you submitted on ESPN is the same size as the one you submitted in your friendly office pool. So you’re not sweating it.


Sure, the rest of the people in your bracket pool don’t really care for you after you avoided riding Georgetown and Villanova deep into the tournament, but who cares about what they think. You took Kentucky to win it all. And right now, that is getting the job done just like the picket fence. You may not have the cleanest bracket but you get to go home with Barbara Hershey at the end of the day. It could be worse.

Strap

Just like Hickory High’s token bible thumper, your bracket is going to need a lot of prayer before you get back in the game. You’ve got some talent and a solid basketball body, but you had KU cutting down the nets in Indy. You better pray Kentucky, Duke or Syracuse get knocked off as well and that Baylor and West Virginia do some damage late into the dance. And your faith in BYU and Notre Dame didn’t help either.


Ollie

Your bracket is the runt of the litter. Your heart was in the right place when you filled it out, but after picking Kansas, Villanova and Texas, the only fight you have left is your pick of Pittsburgh out of the West Regional. But hey, who knows? The Panthers may knock down a couple granny-shot free throws to sneak you into the Final Four. Or, you might just end up dribbling off your foot and out of bracket contention for good.


Shooter

To quote in the infinite wisdom of Opal Fleener, “Sun don't shine on the same dog's ass everyday. But mister, you ain't seen a ray of light since you got here.”


Your bracket is pretty much dead in the cold Indiana woods somewhere. You may have had a couple moments of glory this March, like calling all the No. 1 seeds to get out of the first round, but your field of 64 is drunk off its ass and storming the court to contest the winner of the play-in game. Get your shit together, you’re embarrassing your son. It’s time to head to bracket rehab.

Which Hoosiers character best describes your NCAA bracket?