2008 Woodie Awards
March Madness '05 looks exciting
Kevin McCarron
Issue date: 3/22/05 Section: Athletics
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Many of us in the northeastern part of the United States look forward to March for a number of reasons. Just this past week, St. Patrickʼs Day gave plenty of people dressed in green and sipping a Guinness a free pass to be Irish, even if only for a day...brilliant! The first day of Spring was yesterday which tends to brighten the moods of everyone around campus as the colder temperatures of winter hibernate until next year. Last but not least, Easter Sunday gives many college kids the chance to go home, see their families, and have a decent meal that doesnʼt include Ramen or Easy Mac in any way.
However, for many of us, March is a great month for a different reason. The NCAA basketball tournament began on the 17th and has given sports fans all over the country something to obsess about and all the reason in the world to stay inside in front of their TVs with their brackets handy while spring arrives to little fanfare. With no NHL playoffs on the horizon due to the season ending lockout, the steroid cloud hanging over baseball putting a damper on the excitement of spring training, and the Sixers struggling towards the end of a season that will most likely not see them in the NBA playoffs, March Madness as it is accurately called, is the most exciting event in sports right now.
Sitting down and filling out the tournament bracket whether it is for fun or to try to win some cash from friends, is an experience many look forward to every year around this time. Even people who follow college basketball closely all year long find themselves crumbling up their brackets and shooting them at the nearest trash can after the upsets that seem to occur every year in the first round of the tournament ruin their chances of putting a little extra cash in their wallets. You can watch ESPN and listen to the advice and predictions of analysts such as Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps, Jay Bilas, or Andy Katz, but it is unlikely that their brackets are fairing too well after a few very surprising upsets thus far. Youʼll never see it on TV, but many of these college basketball experts have just as much red pen on their brackets as you or I do. All of the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds have moved on in their respective regions, but not always in blowout fashion as youʼd expect.
However, for many of us, March is a great month for a different reason. The NCAA basketball tournament began on the 17th and has given sports fans all over the country something to obsess about and all the reason in the world to stay inside in front of their TVs with their brackets handy while spring arrives to little fanfare. With no NHL playoffs on the horizon due to the season ending lockout, the steroid cloud hanging over baseball putting a damper on the excitement of spring training, and the Sixers struggling towards the end of a season that will most likely not see them in the NBA playoffs, March Madness as it is accurately called, is the most exciting event in sports right now.
Sitting down and filling out the tournament bracket whether it is for fun or to try to win some cash from friends, is an experience many look forward to every year around this time. Even people who follow college basketball closely all year long find themselves crumbling up their brackets and shooting them at the nearest trash can after the upsets that seem to occur every year in the first round of the tournament ruin their chances of putting a little extra cash in their wallets. You can watch ESPN and listen to the advice and predictions of analysts such as Dick Vitale, Digger Phelps, Jay Bilas, or Andy Katz, but it is unlikely that their brackets are fairing too well after a few very surprising upsets thus far. Youʼll never see it on TV, but many of these college basketball experts have just as much red pen on their brackets as you or I do. All of the No. 1 and No. 2 seeds have moved on in their respective regions, but not always in blowout fashion as youʼd expect.
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