Scott Cordischi On Sports: Let The Madness Begin!
Thursday, March 03, 2011
While I personally love the Big East Tournament for selfish reasons, I also love the low and mid major conference tournaments because those are usually the one-bid leagues. As such, their championship games REALLY matter because the automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament is attached to it.
And what’s better than the actual NCAA Tournament itself? It’s one of the few sporting events that pits David vs. Goliath in a single elimination format.
Unless you have a particular rooting interest in a team from a power conference, you usually find yourself rooting for the underdog.
Who can forget Bryce Drew and Valparaiso in 1998? How about George Mason’s run to the Final Four in 2006? Even Northern Iowa’s run to the Sweet 16 last year which included a win over top-ranked Kansas.
While the entire tournament is great, the best four days come Thursday-Sunday when the field gets whittled down from 64 to 16.
So buckle up and get ready for the best event in sports. It’s always a lot of fun!
-The last time the Bruins won 6 straight on the road was 1972 which also happens to be they won the Stanley Cup.
-Looks like the Projo’s sports writers agree with me when it comes to Keno Davis.
-There’s no truth to the rumor that the Suns’ Channing Frye was wearing a cup last night when he faced Kevin Garnett and the Boston Celtics.
-Given the way he pitched last year, a baseball to the noggin can’t be the worst thing in the world for Josh Beckett, can it?
-That ticking sound you hear is the clock winding down on the NFL to get a new collective bargaining deal in place by midnight tonight.
-It’s official! If the NY Jets do not win the Super Bowl next year, Rex Ryan will officially be the larger, louder version of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
-Barring a huge number of upsets in conference tournaments, the Big East gets 11 teams into the field of 68.
-Maybe Tiger should change his name to Kitten Woods given the way he’s played of late.
-Don’t look now, but Tim Thomas isn’t the only Bruins goaltender playing well. Right, Tuukka Rask?
-I am not sad to see Nate Robinson go as I was never a big fan of his game.
-Although he and Big Baby really did look like Shrek and Donkey.
-Not that I should be talking. As Jersey Red used to say to me, “shut up you red-headed woodpecker!”
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