March Madness

For me best post season event in all of sports in terms of everything, is March Madness.  More upsets, last second buzzer beaters and drama occur during this 2-3 week event every year than anything else in college or professional sports.  Every team plays at their absolute best and wants only to survive every week.  Unlike pro basketball or any other pro sport really, any team in the NCAA Tournament is capable of beating a #1 seed at anytime.  Maybe with the exception of a 16 seed beating a one seed.  As the 0 and forever record indicates.  However, just look at the rich history.  Almost every year a #12 seed beats a 5 seed, and a 15 seed has beaten a 2 seed before.  Last year UCONN won the entire thing as a #8 seed.  You don't have to be an avid fan to enjoy this drama either.  At any time you can flip the channel over to a game in its waning minutes to see some mid-major (maybe George Mason) in a close game with some major basketball program.  In fact, Mason's 06 Final Four run is a perfect example of how anything is possible during March Madness.  During their run, Mason took down UNC, UCONN and MSU before losing to eventual national champion Florida.  VCU did the same thing last year and I'm sure most people remember Stephen Curry leading Davidson to within one missed three pointer of the Final Four a few years back.  It's for these reasons that I'm excited for Spring Break to hurry up and get here, so we can all kick back and watch college basketball 12 hours straight everyday for 4 days without being judged.  Why?  Because everyone else is filling out their brackets and watching with you.