march MADness!!!!

I think most people would agree that the first two rounds of this years NCAA tournament has been the most surprising in a long time. Who would have that that the Gaels of Saint Marys or the Braniacs of Cornell ( not really their mascot) would be in the sweet sixteen. And nobody would have thought that the number one overall seed of kansas would have been beat by the likes of Ali Farokhmanesh (say that 10 times fast) and Northern Iowa.

This is why it is called march madness, because people are mad. Because of these three teams peoples brackets are completely done. I'm guessing that most of the country selected kansas to win the national title. Sorry to those of you who did.

But it's ok because people love the underdogs, they want the cinderella continue to play till the clock strikes midnight. America loves to see all these upsets, right?.... WRONG!

Yes, if you ask people if they love the upset and the underdog they will say yes but ratings say otherwise. People may love the upset but they certainly dont watch them. Second round tv ratings dropped from the first round... Why you ask??? Well look at it this way... how many people do think were waiting for the clock to strike 9 so they could watch ohio play tennessee. Exactly none.... Other than the students at Northern Iowa nobody cares to see them play Mich St. in the sweet sixteen. People want to see the best against the best. And on top of that a lot of these cinderellas aren;t really cinderellas... Cornell was snubbed in seeding, they are easily a 9 or 10 seed and UNI prob should have been a 7 after winning 30 games. But because they were seeded where they were they messed up a lot of brackets and a lot of people are upset about it (president obama selected kansas to win it all).

Now while most people are upset about their brackets, I am pretty excited. I selected cornell to make it to the sweet sixteen and did not have kansas in the final four... im not trying to brag but I'm doing pretty well. So I'm pretty much enjoying watching the cinderellas because its not affecting my bracket at all. And just so everyone knows I picked Ohio St., Syracuse, Kentucky, and Duke for my final four. Syracuse and Kentucky in my chamionship with Syracuse winning it all (which I picked at the beginning of the year). So when I'm right at the end of the tournament you can all pat me on the back.... ;)