March Madness

Let the Madness begin.
I picked Wake Forest, Uconn, Pitt, and UNC in the Final Four. I have UNC and Uconn in the finals. I don't love the way UConn is playing now, but I don't love the way anyone else is playing either. If they can avoid meeting Pittsburgh, who they have trouble matching up against, I like their chances. There's no one other than Pitt that they can't beat, including North Carolina.
The loss of Dyson will hurt the Huskies in those tough, close games. Dyson was the goto guy down the stretch and without him, I'm not so sure they know who will step up. I don't think they'll have to worry about it until the final four because I see them breezing to the Final Four. But then, they'll need a Kemba Walker, an Austrie, a Robinson, to step up. Price will step up, but he can't be the only one because as the point guard, he will draw attention. But he can dish to the open man, the thing is, that person needs to know down the big shot.
The Huskies tip off today at 3 pm. This is one of the great sports days of the year -- the Thursday and Friday of the first week of the NCAA tournament. Wall to wall games, always some wild finishes, made even more intense by the do or die nature of the tournament. Sure, you have the blow outs, but for the most part you get a lot of close games and always one or two major upsets. Plus you get to see teams that you haven't ever seen before.
People say the quality of the teams are down because the best players go to the NBA. That may be true, but I think it has created much more parity than ever before, and that makes for a much more interesting tournament.
Ten or 20 years ago, 14, 15, and 16 seeds were routinely blown out by 40 points. Not anymore. There have been 2-15 upsets and close 1-16 games in recent years. Sometime soon, a number one seed will lose in the first round. Let's hope it's not my team, UCONN, the number one seed in the West.
Go Huskies.