March is probably my most favorite time of the year, without a doubt. First off, it is the month in which my lovely wife celebrates her birthday, and I’m sure glad she was born, it is when I usually get to play my first round of golf, and March always means MARCH MADNESS and the NCAA basketball tourney. I like to watch as many games as I can just to see how hard a team play when they are in danger of being knocked out. There is nothing else like it in all of sports.
Of course, I am bias towards the buckeyes, as I am in football, and this year I might even have something to cheer about. Just think, if the boys hadn’t choked in January we might have been able to hope for a football and basketball title in the same year, but now Florida is the only team that can hope for that.
But, unlike the frustration that we all feel during football season there is no ifs, ands, or buts about what happens in March with college basketball. It is totally fair and gives everyone who makes it into the tournament the same chance to win. There won’t be a committee voting on who is the actual champion after the tournament is over, and there won’t be any fans angry with the system because the brackets are fair. I guess what I’m saying is THANK YOU to the NCAA Men’s Basketball committees who got this one right. It’s makes my March so much more enjoyable.