NCAA Basketball Championship

NCAA Basketball: March (But No) Madness. (And No Women?!)

Thursday, April 2, 2015 at 6:31 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Tournament as “March Madness” to exploit the suspense inherent in people watching to see if low-seeded (aka Cinderella) teams upset top-seeded ones – ideally with buzzer-beating three pointers. Well, so much for the hype. After all, three of the four teams that made it through to… Read more.

UPDATE: Louisville and UConn NCAA Basketball Championships

Wednesday, April 10, 2013 at 8:10 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Thank God I never bet anything more than my pride on sporting events. And it’s a damn good thing I have so much of it. Because neither my pick for the men’s championship (Ohio State) nor the women’s (Baylor) even made the Final Four. Truth be told, I became even less interested than usual in… Read more.