March Madness

So of the millions who filled out their brackets, who had Virginia Commonwealth, Butler, Kentucky and Connecticut in the Final Four. Yeah, me neither. Pretty much anyone who had these schools in their final four at the beginning of the tournament would of been ridiculed. It also goes to show you that no matter how much we think that we or the so-called experts know about sports these tournaments prove to us how little we really know. Perhaps the most surprising team to make it this far is Virginia Commenwealth (VCU). Many of the "experts" felt that Colorado or Virginia Tech was more worthy to be in the tournament and ripped the commitee for putting VCU in there. VCU didn't even make it into the regular bracket. They had to win a play in game against USC to make the field of 64. Butler, although it is a smaller school, isn't even really a cinderella in this scenario. Butler came oh so close last year to beating Duke in the finals. Now they must face VCU to try to get an opportunity to close the deal this time on a national championship.

In the other match up is Connecticut (UConn) and Kentucky. These schools are college basketball powerhouses with storied traditions. So in the final it's guaranteed to have a David against a Goliath. That is the beauty of this tournament, any team can get on a hot streak and possibly win it all. Especially since there are more talented basketball players than ever and the talent is spread out more evenly instead of all the best players going to a few programs. Now does this necessarily mean the winner of the tournament is the best team in college basketball? No, but they won when it counted the most. This is why it is called March Madness. In some aspects being wrong isn't so bad because the people who get paid to make predictions are usually completely wrong also and beforehand emphasize how so-and-so is going to crush somebody. The saying misery loves company would definitely apply here. I have Butler striking midnight for VCU. UConn beating Kentucky. I think that Butler is going to win the whole thing. I just can't pick against them given their experience, track record and the way the tournament has gone.