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
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
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