The Streak (2/23)

If there is anything in my life that fluctuates more from time to time than anything else, it has to be patience. Some days, I can withstand a lot of anything while keeping my emotions in check. Other days, I'm ready to make my next move before thinking out the repercussions my last move might have on it.

The latter is especially true of my streaks. If I could calmly pick only games I'm 95% sure of, I could probably run up a pretty nice streak. But I would only get to pick once or twice a day and that isn't fun, so I get to four in a row and start picking Big East matchups. Or get to three in a row and not learn from my mistake and pick another Big East matchup.

That was the case this weekend, when my first streak met its demise courtesy of Providence and the second fizzled when Syracuse couldn't win on their home floor versus Villanova.

However, those losses have turned my mindset around with a newly-found one-game win streak.

Just kidding.

I'm putting my 1-0 record in curling contests on the line this morning by picking Quebec to defeat Alberta. Quebec lost this morning to undefeated British Columbia, but at 3-1 overall, should handle 2-1 Alberta.

Following that, I will learn a lesson by staying far, far away from the Louisville-Georgetown game and instead picking the Denver Nuggets to beat the Boston Celtics. Normally, one of the unwritten streak rules would be to never, ever pick against the C's, but with KG out and Denver already having won soundly in the Garden with him in the lineup, I like the Nuggets in this contest.

Note: this wouldn't normally be my pick (I would have squeezed in New Jersey over Philly and Golden State over the Clippers) but my bowling league is tonight and I only have the opportunity to fit one game in before I have to take off, so this is it.