Here we go…
Kansas State’s Curtis Kelly, left, falls back after trying to get a shot off as Utah State’s Brady Jardine (22), Tyler Newbold (24) and Morgan Grim (21) look on during a Southeast Regional NCAA college basketball tournament second round game Thursday, March 17, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. Kansas State’s Shane Southwell (1) looks on at left. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)NCAA madness indeed
Sweet Mother of Bobby Hurley that was some weekend of college basketball. Is there anything in sports as certain to entertain as the opening weekend of college hoops? It’s like the opposite of New Year’s Eve, which always seemed to be a letdown.
There can be blowouts in Super Bowls or college football bowl games or even NASCAR and/or horse races, but the two best, surefire bets for entertaining sports are the first weekend of the NCAA tournament and the last three hours of Sunday at Augusta. There will be no discussion about this.
The 5-at-10 is as bummed as anyone that the college basketball regular season has almost become an afterthought, but Holy Danny Manning’s Hightops, the first four days of this NCAA tournament was outrageously entertaining. And we haven’t even started to discuss BYU’s super shooting star Jimmer Fredette, who is part Steph Curry, part Mark Price, part John Stockton and part Kemba Walker. Those are some nice parts, by the way.