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The Madness is here
March 12, 2008It's the best time of the sports season -- football season not withstanding (and it also takes backseat once every four years while the World Cup is going on).
March Madness is right around the corner. While I write this, Syracuse-Villanova is near tip-off in the Big East Tournament first round.
It's pretty much an elimination game for the real tournament, which is eight days away from starting. I am already prepping the sports room.
(Yes, I have a sports room in my house. It is guaranteed until we start having multiple kids.)
So here are some of my thoughts as we head the corner into the tournament:
1) As I stated in my column on Monday, the Big 12 really should have six teams advance. Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas are already in, but Kansas St., Baylor and Texas A&M -- unless it loses its first-round Big 12 game -- should go too.
It was just too good a basketball conference this year to only send four or five teams.
2) Right now, you have to think Memphis, North Carolina, Tennessee and UCLA are the four No. 1 seeds. The reason why Kansas or Texas (whichever wins the Big 12 Tournament) will not be is because the conference winner will not be crowned until late Sunday, when the NCAA committee is finishing up its final bracket.
Besides, the aforementioned top seeds all have fewer conference losses than UT or Kansas had.
3) I plan on watching a good bit of the conference tournaments this week just to maybe help with my brackets -- I always fill out two just in case one tanks the first weekend.
I was close to winning the office pool a year ago (I has seven of the eight Elite 8 teams) and am hoping extra time in front of the tube the next few days pays off in a couple of weeks.
I will also be blogging tons once the NCAA tournament starts (especially the first Thursday, where I will be off from work), so check back here in a few days.
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