March Madness Is Maddening

I think the top five or six teams in the NCAA tournament are by far and way a level above everyone else.  Teams from about seven to forty are all about the same so a forty can win over a seven.  I hate the movement I see in college basketball.  What is that movement you say?  Dribbling is dominating the game.  How many teams did you see dribble the ball outside the three point line before they tossed up a three?

There is no worse a thing for a team to do than dribble outside the three point line shoot and make a three.  It's like winning the lottery.  You luck up once and teams fall in love with the three.  Any team that shoots more than twenty threes and can't score more than sixty points.

There is no doubt if Carolina is to continue in this tournament Paige must handle the ball more for the Tar Heels They were cruising along and all of a sudden either he was out of the game resting or nobody on the floor knew he was out there and the big men  were handling the ball and the lead disappeared.  Carolina backup guards can't play defense  and they love to call their own number when shooting.  Once the Heels got the lead Harvard out hustled the Tar Heels.

This is true for all athletes who don't have coaches who push them even when they were ahead big.  Players tend to rely on the athletic ability and go one on one instead of their teammates.  When that happens the score shrinks.  What is the biggest sin as far as I am concerned in college basketball?   Ahead by 12 to 15 and shooting threes with 27 seconds on the time clock.

I have worried all week that LSU and State were just alike.  Which team was going to show up for both.  I thought the game was a toss up in fact in two of my brackets I picked the Pack in one and the Tigers in the other.  I thought the Pack even down double digits in the first half when I see a team on a roll over in their huddle laughing I thought the Pack had a shot. Yes every team needs to cheer but laughing about a dunk is celebrating way too  early.  As this game turned out both played like they have all year.  State made LSU look like potential National Champs in the first half and LSU gave the Pack their chance in the second.

Who would ever expect to Anya make a shot to win a game?