It’s a great time of year for good basketball fans, nothing on our sports calendar compares to March Madness.

Before Syracuse and Pittsburgh advanced to the finals, neither team had managed four games to win the Big East tournament. If only he had been focused on Syracuse and the way McNamara carried the team on his back in the Big East, he would have been fired up.

He appears to be a 3-point master at just the right time, hitting a 3-pointer with less than a second left in the first game; in the second game he tied the game with a triple with a few seconds left on the clock; a late 3-pointer followed by an assist on the game-winning basket in Game 3; and finished with 14 points and six assists in the championship.

The early stages of conference tournaments and opening rounds are always worth the time spent in front of the TV because they have something special to offer.
End-to-end action, game-bursting, and last-minute stops are what set March Madness apart from other big team sporting events. Conference shifts caused a decline in offices across the country, and even less work was done during the first round of the NCAA, so be prepared.

Many factors have to do with this. It’s not just about stands and office groups. It’s the beauty of basketball as a sport, the crowd so close to the court, the cheering bands and gritty arenas, the nerves and the excitement, and most of all having four games to choose from or just watching four games at once. This is crazy.