Our story pitch for the next episode of “The Big Bang Theory: March Madness Edition” – who has Caltech-type math know-how to reach a conclusion with: • How does it add up that UCLA could have 30 wins after the Pac-12 Tournament but still come up short of the No. 2-seed line, no matter what the rankings say? • How do you subtract USC from the automatic field of 64, even if it compiles two dozen wins, by forcing the Trojans into a play-in game? • Will the Big West winner automatically go big and get pitted up against the No.

As soon as I came across this study about how upper-class hobbies like playing polo or sailing can improve a man’s chances of landing a job, I immediately started doing my Thurston Howell III impression in my office. “Lovey, dahhling! Shall we use the Dom Perignon or the BoA rl & Kroff Brut Rose to christen the new sloop?” “Well of course I don’t play water polo.

He cites a 1975 television episode of the “The Odd Couple,” a show based on a Neil Simon play about a sportswriter/gambler named Oscar and his lifelong friend and polar opposite, Felix. “Felix and Oscar go to the races,” White recalls.