No Cinderella....No Story.

I'm five days late on the blog.
I have an excuse.
Most exciting moment in the tournament. Villanova's buzzer beater. It was a great moment in tournament history (this year) and Villanova's history. Other big stories in this years tournament. Seriously, let's name them:
1. Siena def Ohio St. (not really...big, but news worthy)
2. Arizona...(meh) They didn't deserve to be in the tournament but got and made a scare. Also they were a 12 seed.
3. Cleveland St.. Whatever. Wake wasn't prepared as usual. They figured they would coast
4. Kansas. They lose all of their players and try to repeat as national champions. They struggle but give their all to Louisville.
5. Dayton def West Virginia: Huggins meltdown.
6. Missouri... I'll talk about them later.
7. Memphis. Their 27 game win streak had to end sometime. Just like the one they had last year. I'm not surprised.
8. Xavier. It was depressing for me, but it had to end in the Sweet 16 or the Elite 8. It was a just matter or time. Bad ball handling. and FOOT ON THE LINE. Watch the highlight. Whatever
9. Villanova. Talked about it.
10. Western Kentucky. 12 seed.
11. Syaracuse. Boehiem's still trying to create a team like he had a couple of years ago. It's almost there. Tried to do it with McNamara, now doing it with Jonny Flynn.
12. Michigan St. Can Tom Izzo and his "worn-down, great broadcaster" voice win another tournament?
13. Oklahoma. Blake Griffin, Blake Griffin, Blake Griffin. I'm tired of hearing it. He's dominant and he works hard. But please quit "Meat Hopping".
14. The Italian Mob. Izzo(MSU), Pitino(UL), Calhoun(UCONN)...Calipari(Mem)
-----Almost made the list.
Michigan (Don't ask me)

Honestly these stories would be better than having all number one seeds make the final. I guess the only other big story is The Big East run in the tournament. You have to give props to them. The conference has really improved. And after this year. The Big East should be a ligit powerhouse. Honestly, I didn't think so until now. Sorry. I feel bad now. I know. UCONN, Pitt, Syracuse, Lousiville.....and it goes on. Honestly, I'll say this... It's fun watching the Big East conference duel it reminds me of watching a Fencing match or Curling.
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As we head out of the weekend in to a new week, we find out in college basketball that what was so hyped up to be a great 64-team tournament. Should have been a 16-team tournament.

The only surprising story was If little Xavier or Arizona could pull off the upset. As we got closer to the Elite 8, we looked at Missouri to see if they knocked on heaven's door hard enough. No Answer.

Which brings me to my point. Yeah it's great to see the big teams duke it out. But it only raises the question.... If the committee and media is thinking about expanding the tournament, you're only delaying the top teams time of winning it sooner.

I made 2 brackets. It had a lot of upsets. One bracket had teams that my heart wanted to win. The other bracket had what was actually going to happen.

I was a little off but I had it almost right. Honestly. My point is.... That is boring. I don't want to know what's actually going to happen. I want to be surprised. I want CBS to add some outside stories about these other schools. I want to make popcorn. I want to know more about these young players from little towns. That's why this blog is 4-5 days late. It's pointless to talk about The "same ole' -same old"(yes...ole and old) stuff. It's not news worthy. You can say it's common knowledge.

I'll let ESPN or CBS take that garbage.

And if you're listening to the podcast or The Dan Patrick on JKB you'll find out that we're not talking about it that much. It's not that special. Maybe, The potential Big East duel at the end.
I'm not happy. I'm getting ready for the NFL Draft, a New MLB season, Nascar, The Masters.

But if you want my picks.... wait until the April 3rd. I will still be blogging don't worry. Keep voting and listening.