Wednesday, March 18, 2009

64 Things I Love About March Madness

Who ever does not like March Madness needs their sports fan hood questioned. Here are 64 reasons why I love March Madness:

1 - buzzerbeaters

2 - the 5 vs. 12 matchup

3 - taking your bracket out of your pocket every five minutes

4 - when your final four team wins a nail-biter in the first round

5 - teams that live by the three

6 - how Gibbons(former college roommate) loves Oral Roberts

7 - dominant 2-3 zones

8 - teams that die by the three

9 - how Digger's highlighter matches his tie

10 - noon tip offs

11 - Jim Beoheims wife, what a babe

12 - the most random CBS announcers

13 - the even more random CBS sideline reporters

14 - how work places become non-productive

15 - Dicky V

16 - praying for upsets

17 - the scrolling scoreboards on the top of the screen

18 - skipping classes/work to watch

19 - chest bumps

20 - bench players interlocking their arms

21 - cutting down the nets

22 - Stephon Curry

23 - the word 'bracketology'

24 - stattracker

25 - hearing all of the fight songs

26 - seeing the rare redshirt senior play his last game

27 - cheerleaders/children crying

28 - championship week

29 - the fact that the world knows of Tony Skinn and Jai' Lewis

30 - when rivals face off

31 - bragging after picking that upset

32 - bubble watch

33 - t-shirts under the jerseys

34 - the highlights of the past seasons

35 - bragging rights

36 - how every possession is valuable

37 - overtime

38 - hearing clips from the Jim Valvano speech

39 - Steve Hill

40 - Bruce Pearl

41 - the selection show

42 - having multiple brackets

43 - wondering if Carmello Anthony's Syracuse Orangemen would have repeated

44 - TJ Sorrentine

45 - the looks on the faces of a team that lost by a buzzerbeater

46 - still wondering why Grant Hill was not guarded, and how every similar inbound situation
from then on has been covered

47 - fans storming the court and, as Farley puts it, going shithouse

48 - Tyus Edney

49 - lefty free throws from Bo Kimble for his late teammate Hank Gathers

50 - Bo Kimbles free throw percentage during his tribute: 100% (3 for 3)

51 - full court press, 40 minutes of hell

52 - Syracuse 127, Connecticut 117, 6 Overtimes

53 - the players simply being able to tell their grandchildren that they once danced

54 - knowing that Adam Morrison and JJ Reddick played Halo online together, we got it the first time

55 - pressure one-and-one situations (a rule the NBA should adopt)

56 - college band versions of songs, espically the Emperial March from Star Wars

57 - the facepainted fans

58 - 2007 Georgia Bulldogs doubleheader victory to take the SEC

59 - Erin Andrews

60 - streaming games online

61 - wondering who this years Cinderella is, and wondering when midnight is going to strike

62 - Bryce Drew

63 - how winning the play-in game and getting crushed by the top overall seed is better than winning the NIT

64 - one shining moment

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