Okay, I’m first to admit that I’ve never been much of a basketball fan. I’ve gone to the occassional Toronto Raptors game. I’ve watched a little bit on TV. It just never did much for me. This might go back to being a below average basketball player myself, which was only exasperated by a poor excuse for a high school coach who never taught me a thing.
That all changed with this year’s March Madness tournament. Now, I likely wouldn’t even be paying attention to the biggest U.S. college basketball event of the year if not for creating the March Madness Survivor Pool, but I have been paying attention and I’ve got to say – I’m impressed with this sport. There have been so many down to the wire finishes, clutch plays and eye popping athletic moves, its hard to take it all in.
I still don’t understand the fouls in basketball. The reach in. A slap here, a slap there. The “loose ball foul”. I don’t understand which team that gets called on. Certainly, I’m still a basketball noob, but a little more watching and I’m sure I’ll start to pick up on these nuances.
As for the Survivor Pool, we started with 25 and lost 1 in Round 1, and 5 in Round 2. Now with the number of games reduced dramatically, and the teams seeded a lot closer together, the choices are getting tough! Not to mention at this point its hard to not think about saving a team for later, the sure death sentence of all survivor pools. I like Georgetown and North Carolina to both win in Round 3 setting up a #1 vs. #2 Regional Final. Which one I like better in that game though, I haven’t got a clue. Flip a coin time…