For the record, SU is a major Michigan fan as both kids are recent graduates. However, I put that aside to make an objective selection for this year’s NCAA Tournament. After all, I know that thousands of people are counting on SU to do its homework and make its picks as fairly as possible. While the Spartans’ loss knocked me out of the running, I am THRILLED that they did lose. And it wasn’t like they shot horribly – they just couldn’t stop Middle Tennessee State defensively. Too bad (ha ha ha).
Meanwhile, SU caught its first NCAA Tournament game ever last night in Brooklyn in the company of long-time SU subscribers S. Levine and S. Fink. What a great experience – so much fun. As I have said before, college games do not have the same level of cursing and bad behavior that we see at the professional level. Now, some of that no doubt is the result of the no beer sold policy that the NCAA enforces at its tournament games (who knew?). One benefit of that was shorter lines in the men’s room.
And by the way, a note to the MTA: run some extra subway trains back into Manhattan from Brooklyn after the games let out late at night. This is not a difficult concept. The huge swarm of people descending into the subway stop at 12:15 am was a little scary and then a couple of lines were not even running. Bad situation. If Barclays’ wants to attract fans from the suburbs, they need to make it easier for them to catch their late night trains with some expectation that the trains will be running often. Bad job MTA. Get with the program. SU has spoken.
West Virginia plays just like Mt. Vernon High School. Throw up a shot and get about 7 offensive rebounds until you score. They were in the double bonus shooting foul shots for the last 15 minutes of the 2nd half and still could not win that game. It’s losses like this one that make the NCAAs the best sports event of the year. Rarely plays out as you expect.
Finally, as predicted by SU, the Pac 12 Conference was vastly overrated by the NCAA Committee. Going down one after another.
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I was also a victim of picking Michigan State. Too bad my pool doesn’t have a prize for the biggest loser. The only prize I’m getting is my son smack talking me every three hours about how well his pool is going for him.
I cannot figure out why everyone is enamored with Michigan State every year. I guess it makes sense (good coaching, regular season success, etc.) but Mateen Cleaves is not walking through that door…
Gonzaga is making a nice run after having an uncharacteristic average regular season.
The Duke team is not very good, but neither was the team that squeaked by a better Baylor team and then beat Butler in the final a few years back. Maybe Plumlee will carry them to the championship.
Finally, I would like to see Oklahoma do it. I nice mix of upper and lower classman, and it could finally be Lon’s time. A good coach who has experienced “success” at all his stops.