It’s hardly a unique scenario: Two buddies are facing some especially tough and taxing issues at work, so to let off steam and put things in perspective, one invites the other to take in a little college B-ball.

Except that in this particular case, it’s President Obama inviting British Prime Minister David Cameron to a first-round game in the NCAA basketball tournament.

And the issues the two leaders will be taking a short respite from range from Iran and Syria to the deteriorating situation that US and NATO forces face in Afghanistan.

With an agenda like that, who wouldn’t opt for a little March Madness?