The time has finally come. My favorite sporting event of the year, and of most years, excluding when the FIFA World Cup happens every four years. The NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament began today! Nothing can compare to the competition, glory, suspense, and heart of the 64 teams who compete in the most perfect sporting tournament known to man. The first day of March Madness is definitely in my top three favorite days of the year.
So, I know that this is allegedly a Philadelphia sports blog, but all of the tournament is fair game, because Temple is in it. The is unfortunate for us at Penn State, because Temple beat us with a heartbreaking, buzzer-beating shot to move on to the round of 32. Furthermore, this happened just seconds after Talor Battle hit an amazing, deep three pointer to put the Nittany Lions ahead of the Owls. But in the end, even though we lost, I still feel good about our season. It was much better than anybody could have imagined, and Talor Battle proved himself as one of the premier players in college ball. It's too bad that he was not surrounded with any help at all, and has an idiot of a coach. I'm sure Ed DeChelis is a good guy, but honestly, his gametime decisions are absurd. My basketball experience is limited to 8 years of CYO ball for a team and school that doesn't exist anymore (Queen of Peace will always live on in my heart though), but I know that I could have coached the Nittany Lions much better than DeChelis. The only negative that comes out of this season is that he can't be fired since he led us to our first tournament in ten years. Oh well, another good thing that came out of today's game is that I do have Temple going to the Sweet Sixteen both of my pools, so my chances at winning a lot of money were not ruined.
The rest of the tournament has been going phenomenally. Every game has been extremely close, and there have been upwards of three buzzer-beating wins already! Probably the best game so far has been Morehead State's huge win over Louisville, who many predicted to go to the Final Four. Thankfully, I didn't but the game really was extremely entertaining. Morehead State has a big man who holds the all-time record for rebounds, and he truly did dominate the game.
So, I think I will end on that note, because writing this has been distracting me from watching, enjoying, and soaking in the continuation of the first round (which is technically the second round but I refuse to call it so). This weekend, if you get a chance, I highly recommend that you take a look at some of what I think is the best sporting games of the year. Till then, enjoy, and I'll check in on the tournament next week.
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