The analysts were said to have aggravated their viewers by prolonging the show and talking more about the games than revealing them. Trust me on this – and I’m not happy about it. Not enough sports fans outside of the greater Norman metropolitan area have the first clue who Buddy Hield is, at least compared to Stacey King’s Q Score in 1988.
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Oregon State (19-12) is making its first appearance in 26 years since Gary Payton led the Beavers into the 1990 NCAA Tournament.
“They say you shouldn’t have three one seeds, so I picked a two, and my heart was set on Michigan State a few weeks ago”.
NCAA spokesman David Worlock calls the leak of the NCAA Tournament bracket on Sunday via a Twitter post during the selection show regrettable.
Again, this is my prediction without looking at matchups, just by names. When No. 5 Oklahoma State lost to No. 12 OR in 2013, the game was played in San Jose, Calif. No. 12 Harvard upset No. 5 Cincinnati in 2014, a game played in Spokane, Wash. But more than that, imagine the publicity.
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, therefore, be prepared to witness the exciting, conclusive ending to one of the most highly competitive, wide-open college hoop season in years. This changes that, while creating a huge buzz. Better still, can you predict the Cinderella team? The 16th seed has never beaten the #1 seed (124-0), but there’s no telling when, and if, it’ll happen. In fact, if you have a login you use for HBO Go (or can acquire one somehow), that will probably work here since they’re basically the same thing. That will only make the regular season even more useless.
“That’s always very, very significant”, said Chris Mooney, coach at the University of Richmond, who helped orchestrate the Spiders’ upset over Vanderbilt in the round of 64 during the 2011 tournament.
On Sunday night, CBS aired an egregious two-hour selection show that was blatantly drawn out to maximize commercials during what should’ve been an easy process. Frank Kaminsky and Sam Dekker of Wisconsin were both selected in the top 20 of the National Basketball Association draft, but Kentucky had 6 total players drafted previous year, including 4 in the top 13. People pack living rooms, bars, dorms and arenas to see where their team could potentially end up in the NCAA Tournament. Having big wins was a point of emphasis for the committee, so how did a conference with no “signature” wins get to send four teams? So there would be a three-tier system. March Madness is a whole lot of fun for everyone, and we can not wait until the first tip.
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The NCAA tournament begins Tuesday and Wednesday with the traditional “First Four” games played in Dayton, Ohio. College basketball, I just made you zillions of dollars.
