Usually during the time between the end of the NFL Superbowl and the start of the Redsox and Major League Baseball season I go into a kind of semi-hibernation of sports interest. I pay some attention to NASCAR, a bit to the Boston Celtics (NBA), Boston Bruins (NHL) and even some of the NCAA men's basketball championship tournament known as March Madness. This year, for the first time I filled out a bracket for the tournament (at the office, $5) and my attention level has swung to the upside of the "got my attention" meter. What began as 68 teams playing a single game elimination series of games brought the winners of two games each to this weekend known as the "Sweet 16". A lot of these games have come down to victory being decided in the last few seconds, even some in overtime. Though I picked a few losers in my bracket I still had my final four intact - until the first round of this weekend. Ohio State lost in a close game, then in yesterday's second round games Florida lost to Butler but UConn beat Arizona, both very close games. Today my remaining final four pick, Kansas takes on VCU. If they can win and with UConn the following round next weekend they'll face each other in the final (my pick is Kansas). I barely follow college Basketball in the regular season and if someone was to ask me who the best teams were before the tournament began I wouldn't of had a clue. That said the way the game is played by these young men is exciting with hardly any sign of the whining/complaining about referee calls you see from NBA games. Regardless I think I've received more than $5 worth of entertainment.
UPDATE: Well Kansas lost, that breaks my bracket as I had them winning it all. Better luck next year. Since one of the teams I'd picked to make the the Final Four, University of Connecticut, made it I'll root for them to win it all - GO HUSKIES!
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