READING, PA — Three days after asking a coworker if Duke was “one of the better high school teams,” local marketing associate Brian Kelleher has assumed full control of his company’s March Madness discourse, hosting a series of daily briefings on what he now refers to as “tournament outlook.”
Kelleher, who until Monday believed a “seed” referred to something players spit on the court, reportedly filled out his bracket during a lunch break after selecting teams based on “a mix of instinct, color schemes, and whether I’ve heard the name before in a movie.” Since then, he has correctly picked several early upsets, a development colleagues describe as “deeply destabilizing to the office hierarchy.”
“By Friday morning he had a slide deck,” said coworker Jenna Morales, who has followed college basketball for over a decade but now finds herself quietly taking notes during Kelleher’s 9:30 a.m. “Sweet 16 Scenario Alignment Sync.” “He keeps saying things like ‘tempo control’ and ‘guard play’ but I’m almost certain he learned those phrases 45 minutes ago.”
Sources confirm Kelleher has begun blocking off conference rooms for sessions titled “Bracket Resilience Planning” and “Elite Eight Pathways,” during which he paces in front of a whiteboard covered in arrows, question marks, and at least one drawing of a bulldog labeled “gritty.”
Despite repeated challenges from more experienced fans, Kelleher has maintained authority by confidently referencing outcomes that have already happened as if they were predicted. “I’ve been high on these mid-majors from the jump,” he said, moments after asking someone to confirm what a mid-major is.
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