Introduction

The inspiration behind this was the Tony Kornheiser Show and "rolling with Phil's mom."

The TK radio show often lets guests fill out March Madness brackets on air, and before the 2006 tournament, the show thought it would be a hoot if they let then-producer Phil Ceppaglia's mother fill out a bracket as well, in spite of her overwhelming ignorance about men's basketball.

Phil's mom picked George Mason to go the distance, and guess what, the midmajor that could made it all the way to the Final Four. The effect? TK Show fans saying, "I roll with Phil's mom."

Now, having an American housewife pick basketball games? Ok, plenty of opportunity to get some sort of information osmosis going on. Maybe she reads the sports page of her local paper. Maybe she watches her son flick onto ESPN. Maybe she hears neighbors talk about things. So, what if we pull it further away and sort of see what happens when we get people not in the US to pick the March Madness tournament?

Enter myself and my family, Chinese-Filipinos living in Manila, picking games.