March Madness? I'm Just Mad

Ok, perhaps I'm not really mad (other than I won't be cashing in on my bracket which now resembles that slipper your dog mistakenly thought was his chew toy), but I am fully entrenched in the madness that comes in march. The #1 seeds are dropping like the list of alleged steroid users Jose Canseco named. I personally think this can be indirectly attributed to the one and done rule that is in college basketball. The Butlers and Cornell's of the world get players with lower ceilings than the Kansas' and UNC's in college basketball but they also get the opportunity to coach a group of players for 3-4 years with a lot less roster turnover. Thus, you get a senior filled, fundamentally sound team versus a big name school filled with good athletes seeing if they can parlay their 1 mandatory year into a national championship. If not, the money from being a lottery pick will dry their tears. There are the occasional Michael Beasley's and OJ Mayo's that end up at non traditional schools for a year, but the usual route is a quick stop at Chapel Hill or Syracuse (what exactly does it take to become an "Orangeman" anyway?). With that said, I won't even waste time predicting a Final Four winner. I just hope it's anybody but Duke.

In the past 30 seconds I just heard Gus Johnson either have seizure or a spider ran up his leg....his excitement while announcing is unmatched. That was followed by his counterpart saying "Confused about a 2-3? Who ya gonna call? Jordan Crawford, Zone Buster". (Let's just leave the jokes to the pro's, ok guys?)

I just realized I'm watching a game in which I couldn't name you one player off either team yet it's one of the best games of the year. I can only imagine if they expand the tournament it will be similar to what happens when you play too many seasons in (insert sports game here) and you don't know any of the players on your roster because they are all computer generated names. Undecided if that's a good thing or not.

Here's a little march math for you....Xavier + K-State = Instant Classic

I couldn't help but think we'd see a shot of Braxton P. Hartnabrig during the Cornell/Kentucky game. (Jamie Foxx show reference for those of you with the :\ face)

I refused to believe Baylor's starting PG was named Tweety (well, until the broadcast team provided us with the background story). I immediately turned up my speakers to see if I would overhear "Tweet...tweet...TWEETY, I'm open!"

Have we figured out why Chism wears his headband around the back of his head? I can't imagine it's stopping any sort of sweat as it's intended to


Quick shout out to Footbasket.com I'll be posting for them here and there. They have quite a collection of blogs on the website so check it out. I will of course continue my idiotic ramblings here.

Happy Early Easter