I may never have to leave my house again

This has become an annual ritual that is right up there with watching Greg Gumbel announce the brackets (although, all things being equal, I wish it was someone other than Greg Gumbel who enters my home every March for an extended stay). It's when the NCAA releases it's Tournament record book for the year - I'm not even kidding, this thing brings tears to my eyes. It's 440 pages of nothing but tournament statistics, rankings, arcane facts and pictures from years gone by. Most people are already wasting an inordinate amount of time this week just on their brackets and reading what Bill Simmons has to say, but this tome will keep you ensconced in a way that nothing can.

Just to whet your appetite, let me cull some tids for your pleasure:

- Highest Scoring Offense - Loyola Marymount in '90 (122.4)
- Top Scoring Defense - Oklahoma State in '48 (32.5)
- Highest Points-Per-Game Average for the Tournament in 1984 - Joe Jakublick (Akron), 30.1PPG

Have fun with this...I'm printing mine as I write this: Official 2008 NCAA Men's Basketball Records Book