Congrats to the Wisconsin Badgers and the other 15 teams that made the NCAA Sweet 16. Let’s replace the basketball players with foods/beverages that are representative of the university, city or state of the team. You’ll now have the following as a bracket:
| Florida Key Lime Pie | Arizona Prickly Pear Cactus | |
| UCLA Pink’s Chili Dog | San Diego State Fish Taco | |
| Dayton Cincinnati Chili | Baylor Brisket | |
| Stanford Google (Synthetic) Burger | Wisconsin Babcock Ice Cream | |
| Virginia Country Ham | Kentucky Burgoo | |
| Michigan State Cherry Pie | Louisville Mint Julep | |
| Iowa State Sweet Corn | Tennessee “Meat and Three” | |
| Connecticut Quahog | Michigan Blimpy Burger |
Based on these food items, I have UCLA over Florida, Dayton over Stanford and UCLA over Dayton in the South bracket; San Diego State over Arizona, Baylor over Wisconsin (sorry!) and Baylor over San Diego State in the West bracket; Virginia over Michigan State, Connecticut over Iowa State and Virginia over Connecticut in the East bracket; and Louisville over Kentucky, Michigan (barely) over Tennessee and Louisville over Michigan in the Midwest bracket. In the Final Four, I have UCLA over Virginia and Baylor over Louisville. In the national championship game, I give the nod to Baylor over UCLA in a tough matchup.
