March Madness

I love the National Anthem too much to be considered a traitor, so think of me as an alien unable to comprehend the importance of that thing you Americans call March Madness.  And bracket selections matter why, exactly?

If the NCAA were serious about being an enforcement body, it would’ve announced sanctions—some of which are being appealed, by the way—against Syracuse during the tournament for maximum effect, but that would get in the way of all those feel-good, big-upset stories the networks need to sell commercial time at obscene amounts.  So, we pretend this is “Hosiers”-style basketball, all about dedication and second chances and going through life with the memories of that game when we slayed Goliath, or sat in front of the TV watching it happen.

Remember Kevin Ross, the 1980s’ Creighton basketball player who later went to grade school to learn how to read?  It’d be nice to hear from him, especially to see what if anything has changed in the college “game” since he played…and went to school.