Wednesday, April 7, 2010

The Madness that is March

March Madness concluded on Monday night with one of the most exciting games ever. This game consisted of two opposite teams. One of the teams: Duke, a power house program that is in the top 10 almost every year and championships are routine. The other team Butler. Butler who???? exactly  a team that has never gone to the elite 8 before and certainly never a national championship.
Everyone isn't a Duke fan wanted Butler. You could say the Nation was pulling for Butler. But the Dream would end short of a Championship. On Monday night they lost to Duke with the score of 61-59. Butler missed two game winning shots, but everyone thought that it was an amazing game.
Duke who was basically up the entire game, every time they would pull ahead with a 6 or 8 point lead, the bulldogs of Butler would come right back with some quick baskets of their own.
If Butler would have won the game they would have been the first mid-major to win it since UNLV in 1990. But many would consider that team anything but midmajor. They were 35-5 and had three players go in the first round of the Daft. And I bet you didnt know this but that won 103-73 over Duke. And that game gives UNLV the largest margin of victory in a Championship game. And they were a midmajor.

But this year was more then Butler going to the finals it was about all the upsets that happened in March and early April there were 21 upsets (I think) which seems like a lot and is a lot. And not only were there upsets, but some were huge!! March and Early April is the best time in sports, You have the NCAA Tourny, The Masters on CBS, opening day, the near end of basketball and hockey regular season. Its the closest thing the sports has to perfect. So March and early bring more madness then any other time of the year

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