Well that’s a lie. It may not be worth 1000 words but this isn’t a picture, it’s the Big Dance BABY!! Here are literally my only words for this tourney.
Upsetting – The tournament this year has definitely reflected the way the season played out. I have never in my young colligate basketball watching life seen as many upsets as I’ve seen this year. The coveted number one seed hasn’t been easy to come by in the past. This year however, it’s changed more times than the manager of the Yankees under the Steinbrenner charade. If you told me that the likes of Syracuse and Kansas State were going to lose to Butler. I would have asked if you were an alumni, because those are the only people that hand Butler going that far.
Inspiring – The final four is taking place at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, which according to Mapquest is about 7.63 miles away from the 5th seeded Butler’s Campus. I did mention that Butler’s also playing the final four right? What else would make this inspiring? They’re a team that’s showing the world that a school of 4,500 can beat schools were teachers only know students by their ID number. Butler students knew that the final four and championship games were going to be hosted down the street from their dorm rooms, but what they didn’t know is that 15 men trying to rewrite a Hollywood Classic. Of course I’m referring to Hoosiers. There coach is now Gene Hackman and they don’t have a Jimmy Chitwood but they are a small Indiana school with a chance to win the championship that no one believed they could win. It’s literally, mentally, and physically inspiring.
Jaw-Dropping – (its hyphenated) Michigan State buzzer beater. Holy Shit. Nuff said.
Shocking – Two sub words follow this one. Ivy League! Cornell completely taking an entire region by storm. A 12 Seed. Beating the likes of Temple and Wisconsin to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. A 12 seed! Then they even had analyst from every broadcasting station actually convinced that they could win against the soon to be number one draft pick and the rest of the Wildcats! A 12 Seed!! They literally shocked the region for 2 rounds! Unfortunately brawns won in the third round against the, well, the 12 seed.
Unpredictable – This is obvious considering no one can legitimately say they have a perfect bracket. Between ESPN, CBS Sports, Facebook, and every pool I through my hat into, the closest anyone got to perfect was only a perfect region, and that was one person. No one thought Kansas was going to lose before the final four, especially to a 9 seed. If anything, people thought state rival Kansas State was going to surpass them, but they couldn’t even get past Butler. Kansas, Kentucky, Syracuse, and Duke have dominated the playing field for the whole season. A 5 seed like Michigan State has lost to teams unworthy of being able to say they beat team. (Illinois, Texas, North Carolina, Florida) Even West Virginia lost their best player and are in contention to make it to the finals. I’m not even getting started on Butler. (Well, not with this word because I already did it.)
Painful – I’ve never had a bracket that I’ve torn up before the 2nd round. After realizing that I was out of contention with every pool I joined because of upset city, population: me, the games were just too painful to watch. I had to stop following my bracket and just do what I usually do. I voted for the underdog, because their emotion is so pure and surprising when they pull of the unthinkable.
Random – Last year for the first time in NCAA History, all four number one teams advanced to the final four. This year, it could have happened again but instead we almost didn’t see one number one in the final four. With the help of Jordan Scheyer and the 7-1 Center Zoubek from New Jersey, Duke was able to advance to the final four as the sole number one team.
With all the action and surprises that this tournament has had already, it’s basically left me speechless. Well, except for the 7 words listed above of course.
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