MARCH ...FINALLY

MARCH MADNESS!

The time of the year when fans grades drop  close to a full letter grade, and companies lose millions of dollars, is finally here!

No I will admit March is probably one of my favorite months purely because of the tournament, and this year should prove to be even more entertaining. Although many analysts are complaining about the fact that there are no teams that want to be a number one seed because for the last 2 weeks 6 of the top teams have lost. No team has stayed number 1 for more than a week for the past 3 weeks. Yes this does mean that the tournament will be practically impossible to predict, but it does mean that I think we will be up for a very very exciting tournament.

The one complaint I do have about the tournament is the fact that they changed the field from 64 teams to 68.  There were talks about a 96 team expansion, which I honestly do not like the sound of because no body want to hear about how the 97th best team in the nation was stiffed. But to change it by 4 teams seems almost pointless...if you are going to expand the tournament then expand it...if not then dont.

This follows the pattern of the rest of the sports world...every sport things that it is necessary for them to make changes.
1. NHL added shoot outs
2. NFL Overtime
3. NFL reffs standing behind the line
4. NCAA expansion
5. NCAA 3 point line
6. NCAA Baseball bats

While i do agree that with progression comes change, but I think we need to be careful that we do not end up changing the game!