Any man knows the first 4 days of the tournament are the best 4 days of the year. And, unfortunately, Thursday and Friday just happen to be work days for most of us. Unless you work at a place like ESPN, chances are your asshole boss won't let you bring your 42" plasma into work so you can catchup on all the early games. It's like he wants you to be productive or something. Good thing he doesn't know about your 7-hour-a-day Internet habit (even better he doesn't know about your other habit too).

What you really need is some GOOD excuses to not even come into work at all on Friday, and reward yourself for your creative brilliance by heading on over to the local sports bar, ordering a pitcher of beer, some nachos, and thanking God you're 10x smarter than your boss.

Here are the best excuses to get out of work on Friday...