Tell me I’m crazy, but I really like it when an NCAA tournament is “chalky.”\u00a0 Yes, I know, the games you “remember” are when Bryce Drew and Valpo beat Ole Miss or when Harold “The Show” Arceneaux and Weber St. knocked off UNC.\u00a0 I know that the games that are still talked about are Richmond over Syracuse, Steve Nash and Santa Clara over Arizona, and Hampton’s fat coach being carried around the court after beating South Carolina.\u00a0 Yes, these games are “memorable,” but tell me I’m crazy, I think that the overall enjoyment level of the tournament may be higher without them.<\/p>\n
I know this is a tough sell, and most people have written off this argument already, but that’s what these columns are for, right?\u00a0 So, humor me.<\/p>\n
Look at the schedule of games for tonight and tomorrow night.\u00a0 Pretty awesome, right?\u00a0 Right.\u00a0 Now, what if you had these great “Cinderellas?”\u00a0 What if it was Portland St. taking on Pittsburgh right now?\u00a0 How excited would you be?\u00a0 What if Northern Iowa (a pretty good mid-major)\u00a0took out Purdue and then Washington and we got UConn versus Norther Iowa tonight?\u00a0\u00a0I’m guessing that when your friends call and say “hey, wanna hang out Friday?” you’d be jumping at the opportunity if the alternative was to stay inside and watch Michigan State battle North Dakota State.<\/p>\n
All these games would be good and “fun,” just like Davidson was “fun” last year, but I think you’d be lying if you didn’t admit that the true basketball fan in you won’t even consider going to bed until the last whistle (probably well after midnight) of the Duke-Villanova game tonight.\u00a0 Would\u00a0you do the same for Duke versus American or even Minnesota-Villanova?\u00a0 I doubt it.<\/p>\n
See, you like the chalk, too.\u00a0 Tell me I’m crazy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tell me I’m crazy, but I really like it when an NCAA tournament is “chalky.”\u00a0 Yes, I know, the games you “remember” are when Bryce Drew and Valpo beat Ole Miss or when Harold “The Show” Arceneaux and Weber St. … Continue reading