March Gladness!

Here we are on the eve of what I feel is the best sporting event that there is. It's the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament. I'm glad. Why is this event so loved seemingly more than all the others? The answers are so numerous. Let's check them out in no particular order.

1/ It's rectangular theater- This is high drama to be sure. The youth, the emotion, and playing
for the sheer joy of the game. That's The NCAA's. It's just like going to a play, only fun!
There's an opening act, intermission, and a second act. And unlike a play you might even get
a bonus act if it's tied!!!

2/ It's played during business hours - Wow, now how great is that? People who work in a
cubicle especially like the NCAA's. The only time you'll see the "Cubicle People" Thursday
and Friday is at halftime or during a time-out. Not that you see them that much anyways.

3/ The office pool - Actually the "highly illegal office pool." Contrary to urban legend, the
state does not give an office and honorary exemption to gamble on the NCAA's. And I'm
sure your office would not lower itself, and does not participate in this despicable tradition. If
that sounds like your office, congratulations....yours is the ONLY ONE!

4/ The Secretary - Goes hand in hand with number three. She will surely throw down her two
dollars, stick her hand into the hat and draw two slips of paper that will read, Duke and
North Carolina. The next question will be, 'Are they any good?" And all the clowns that
stand around the vending machines for hours pontificating about the NCAA's will moan with
disgust.

5/ The Office Know-It-All - And the extreme office basketball fan, will stick his hand in the
same hat, and pull out Southeastern Idaho A & M South Central State-Stark Campus as
their pick. Everyone howls...it's great. Top notch entrainment.

6/ Uniform Colors - If I hear of one more wife picking the eventual NCAA Champion,
because they like their uniforms, I think I'll scream. But it happens every year get used to
it. I actually think it works!

7/ The Nicknames - This year these are actually some of the teams names in the field of 64.
The Saints, The Gaels, The Governors, Big Red, The Delta Devils, The Toreos, Hilltoppers
and The Retrievers!!!!!!!!!!! The Retrievers??? How great is that? I'm cheering for them!

So sit back and enjoy the nations premiere sporting event! In all seriousness, it is great drama. Young people enjoying a pure game, and playing it the right way, for all the right reasons. It is the ultimate David and Goliath game, and we Americans love the underdog. It really is the only sporting event where the little guy can play the big guy for one game, one day, and maybe pull off a miracle. That's the whole deal right there.

Bust out the brackets and watch the brackets get busted! Oh, and one more thing, GO Southeastern Idaho A & M South Central State- Stark Campus....GO!!