Refs Blow Another One
After watching the refs cost Maryland the game last weekend, I hoped they would not factor in any games this weekend. But then they gave the game to Memphis on a very cheap touch foul at the end of the game. Wow. That was terrible.
NCAA – Day 3
Wow! What a day. The third day (Saturday) of the tournament has been nothing less than exciting! Maybe it’s because today is Saint Patrick’s Day. Anyway, every game of the day was close. Even the UNC game which ended up being a 14 point game was much closer than that. Almost all the other games came down to last 2nd shots or overtime (3 out of 8 games went to OT). Today truly was March Madness!
Then my high school alma mater made their state championship interesting by giving up a 12 point lead with 5 minutes left. Then the gave up a 5 point lead with 10 seconds left in overtime. But then in second overtime, Ryan Click hit a 3 as time expired to score his first points of the tournament and win Maryville High School’s first basketball state championship ever! Congratulations Maryville!!
I hope your brackets are doing well.
CBS Coverage
I just wanted to comment that so far the CBS coverage of the tourney has been very good; better than in some past years. If games are going on while YOUR game is at halftime, they take you to the GAMES rather than talking through them. What a concept, but they seem to get it this year.
Plus the local CBS logo in Knoxville (WVLT) is much smaller and less of a nuisance on the HD channel.
Not to mention the free streaming of the games not on your TV (www.ncaasports.com/mmod).
Good job CBS.
March Madness: Day 1
First of all, the first day of the tournament should be a National Holiday. I mean, this country is crazy about the bracket. Even non-fans fill one out. Based on any kind of criteria. So, why not make it a holiday? It’s got to be more significant than Presidents Day or Columbus Day or some of those other ones. I don’t need mail on the first day of the tournement, we should all get the day off work and forget about it. It’s not like 80% of the males in this country had anything else on their mind anyway today.
Secondly, I can’t remember a first day of the tournament with less upsets and so many blow outs. Most of the games were over by halftime. The top seeded teams must be way better than expected. There haven’t been this few upsets since the mid majors began making a splash back in the mid 90′s. I guess with everyone having to play at least of year at the college level now before turning pro, it has made the big conference teams even better. I mean, really, Duke was the only upset. And most people could see that they weren’t that good and would be lucky to make it past the second round at best, and most basketball fans knew that game would be close. The only other ‘upsets’ were in the 8-9 game, and I don’t really count those. Those games are anybodies game anyway and reserved for schools with past success that is having a down year, no one really wants to be a #8 or #9 seed.
Let’s hope tomorrow is better than today, this has been too predictable so far!
Most Wonderful time of the year!
It’s March Madness!!!! Once again, all our basketball contests are free to play and we are offering 3 contests this year. Cruise over to www.redshirtfootball.com now to take part in our unique Round Robin and all new Winners and Losers contests this year. And stay tuned to the Red Shirt blog, http://redshirtfootball.blogspot.com, throughout the tournament for our thoughts on upcoming games and matchups.