March Madness

What I Don’t Like About The NCAA Tournament

-What the NCAA has done with the Regional finals of the NCAA tournament is absolutely ridiculous. As seen in the photograph of the basketball setup at Ford Field in Detroit, MI above, the NCAA has elected to start placing the court in the middle of the football field longways. Although the NCAA has been using football domes for years now, this is the first year they have decided to use this setup. It is impossible for a majority of fans to watch the action on the court from a majority of the seats in the arena. From personal experience I can tell you that it was hard enough to watch the action from last years championship game and the 2004 Elite Eight games played in the Georgia Dome if you weren’t lucky enough to score a seat in the lower level. The NCAA has one agenda and that is money. How else could you explain…

-The GIGANTIC NCAA logo at halfcourt. A) because it looks stupid B) its unnecessary and C) its slippery (Psycho-T slipped 2 or 3 times - wait this is actually an argument for having it as far as I’m concerned). Also as if people were confused and thought this was the NAIA or something, the NCAA required every player have a blue NCAA patch on their jersey. Do people really not know what organization is responsible for the NCAA Tournament?

- Another thing about the court setup in detriot. Who the hell thought it would be a good idea to raise the floor 2.5 feet off the ground? After seeing Shaq dive off the court in an NBA game after a lose ball and fly into the stands and cut a guy’s lip the NCAA thought it would be a good idea to raise the court for games that are played by kids that actually care about winning (yes that was a shot at the NBA)? Sure its done at Vanderbilt and Illinois but it just doesn’t make sense.

- Ex coaches getting jobs as commentators just because they were coaches at some point in their life. John Thompson II repeatedly told listeners during the Davidson-Gonzaga game that because Stephen Curry has such a good shot, his coach gave him the “red light” to shoot whenever he wants. Anybody familiar with basketball or with traffic lights can figure out that that sentence makes no sense at all. Lesson learned here: Look both ways and for John Thompson II when approaching an intersection.

- Every radio show host has his own opinion on how to “fix” the tournament. For some reason, the phrase “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” got thrown out the window come selection Sunday. There is a reason why every year we say the same thing: This years tournament was the most exciting I’ve ever seen! In 2005 Vermont beating Syracuse and Bucknell beating Kansas blew everybody and their mother’s minds. 2006 - George Mason makes it to the Final Four. 2007 - VCU beats Duke in the first round. 2008- Davidson cruises to the Elite 8 barely breaking a sweat against Gonzaga, Georgetown, and Wisconsin. I don’t have any idea why Bobby Knight thinks there should be around 100 teams in the tournament and I’m sick of John Kincade from 680 The Fan in Atlanta calling every non-BCS conference a “Mickey Mouse league” and boldly promoting his idea of stripping most mid-major conferences of their automatic bid.

- Bill Raftery saying the names of vegetables.

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