AKA: March Sadness 2006
What a bracket busting day, highs, lows, you name it, this had it… I love March Madness, especially over the (mostly) crap the NBA dishes out, and tonight had two finishes that was basically a big FU to people who view college basketball as nothing but kids who run and shoot.
First up, LSU knocking off overall #1 Duke with a great finish that everyone outside of Durham and half the Georgia Dome were simultaniously laughing and crying over… It’s good to see Duke done over, but sad that it completely screwed my Atlanta region. Then came the game of the tournament so far, Gonzaga’s dramatic loss to UCLA.
Gonzaga led for approx. 39:55 and blew it in the final 5 seconds with a heartbreaking finish, I couldn’t sit down for the final 5 minutes, I couldn’t look for the final 2, I left the room with 2 seconds left. That’s what’s so great about March Madness, I have zero affiliations with Gonzaga, I couldn’t pick it’s location out on a map but yet, I was totally involved with this team over the course of the last week, just because I had picked them to go all the way… I was there, willing them on, nearly screaming at the TV on occasions. Outside of Rangers and Braves games, I can’t remember the last time I’ve done that.
So my dream is over, as are these updates I guess. Only my picks of UConn and Villanova are left out of the potential Final Four, I doubt I’ll be as involved with the rest of the tournament now, but I’ll still watch for the outcome of these awesome games, played by kids who just run and shoot, and they do it for the love of the game…