There just isn't anything better than a comfortable chair, some heart smart snacks, and a basketball game. Especially when it's a one and done format. You lose, you snooze till next year.
Every year there is a lot of griping about who got in the tournament and who didn't, but it's pretty much all forgotten as soon as the first ball is tossed in the air.
The experts also like to rattle on about the games not being as good because so many kids opt to go professional. Tell that to Texas, which has a better team than last year, when they had superstar Kevin Durant.
By the way, anybody heard from Kevin this year? He isn't exactly tearing up the NBA last I heard.
We should be celebrating the kids that are there, not the ones who aren't.
I happen to know two kids playing this year. They don't play for UCLA or Kansas, but for Mount St. Mary's and UMBC. (That's University of Maryland - Baltimore campus.) They're two of the hardest working kids I know, and are academic standouts too.
Both contributed heavily to getting their schools in. Neither has a prayer of getting past their opponents, Georgetown and
North Carolina. But you just never know what can happen in a one game winner take all situation. That's the beauty of this annual madness.
You have to win six straight times to be crowned champion. What happened before you got here doesn't count.
So in theory, Mt Saint Mary's could win.
George Mason pushed all the way to the final four a couple of years back. They're in again this year, but I don't think they have the horses this time.
My winner: Georgetown.
Time to get to the betting window.
From the big saddle,
Jim Whelan
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