TEXT: Ted from 2030: Kids,back when we were younger, your Uncle Marshall and I were really into college basketball. Every year,March Madness would take over the entire apartment. At Ted's apartment (Lily and Robin arrive) Robin: Hey.What's with the blackboard? Ted: It's our NCAA bracket. Marshall: Big board equals big luck! Lily: Hey, that looks familiar, where did you get it? [FLASHBACK] Marshall comes into Lily's classroom with flowers. There's no one inside except for the cleaner. Marshall: Hello. Uh, I'm looking for my wife, Ms.Aldrin. Cleaner: There's no school today. It's Saturday. Marshall: Of course. How could I forget? Cleaner: Dumb ass. (The cleaner leaves the classroom. Ted comes in. He and Marshall take the blackboard out.) Ted: Big board! Marshall: Big luck! [END OF FLASHBACK] Marshall: We found it. No big deal. Anyway, every year, Ted and I go in together on this big money pool out in Staten Island. Ted: Yeah. The winner gets $100,000 stuffed in a duffel bag. Marshall: And you get to keep the duffel bag. Lily: Why do you guys put yourselves through this? You lose every year. Ted: That's because in the past, we were just guessing. This year, we watched every game, read box scores, tracked injuries. This isn't March Madness. This is March Meticulously Thought-outness. Barney: Your team lost 20 minutes ago. Ted: I didn't know they were playing today. Lily: You okay, Barney? Barney: Something strange is going on. I was down at the hardware store trying to get a little somethin' somethin'. Robin: Wait. You go to the hardware store to pick up girls? Barney: There are four kinds of women who go to the hardware store by themselves. Robin: Of course there are. Barney: Single, recently single, recently divorced, lesbian who will let me watch. Lily: You could not be more evil. Barney: Sorry. Five. Recently widowed. So, I'm talking to this girl... [FL
SUMMARY:
A mysterious woman is sabotaging Barney's attempts to hook up with other women, forcing him to use a tournament bracket to narrow down a group of 64 women who have a reason to hate him.