We are are little over an hour away from the start of March Madness and the much anticipated release of the NCAA tournament brackets. And for me news comes as a relief.
All the bubble talk involving schools like St. Mary's and Arizona would normally be engrossing. But that hasn't been the case this year. I blame ESPN.
For the entire college basketball season they've been running their field of 65 projections known as 'bracketology'. But over the past few days it seems like bracketologist Joe Lunardi has been doing hourly updates. There's no escaping it if you want to watch any conference tourney finals. Lundari is everywhere on ESPN's multiple platforms. Good news, the over saturation is about to end.
One other last thing. After watching the UNC-Virginia Tech ACC quarterfinal, the NCAA needs change the foul rules in the final minutes of a game. The Tar Heels stymied Va. Tech's final possession by fouling because they were under the bonus.
It's great strategy, but hard to stomach. I wanted the see the game play out, not bog down. The NCAA should take after the NBA and in the final minute if a team is under the bonus, they can only incur one foul without penalty. It would help add to excitement knowing a team could run a play, not just inbound the ball three times.
Anyway, time to countdown the final minutes. There should be mayhem in the coming weeks.
2 comments:
Finally they're going to stop talking about the bracket and actually show us the bracket! I'm very sad that there are so few mid majors and that UNC gets to play in Greensboro, NC and Memphis, after they got to spend the entire tournament in NC last year (home court big advantage) but overall, there should be some super exciting games!
The Big East is a fraud. I like several of the teams, but they aren't nearly as good as they're being portrayed. Louisville is the #1 overall seed based SOLELY on the fact that they won the Big East. That's a joke. I like Missouri to make a big splash.
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