February 20, 2009

MARCHING TOWARDS MADNESS

We’re just weeks away from filling out office brackets in an effort to win this year’s bragging rights and crowning this seasons college hoops champion. The experts are already tagging the Midwest region as the region with the most power. Pitt, Missouri, Wake Forest and Xavier are names that you are recognizable even when basketball is not in season, but this year like years in the past will become more familiar after you’ve seen them play.

Your usual March Madness favorites will make it again this year. Michigan State, Kansas, Duke, UConn, Arizona and current national No. 1 North Carolina are ready to make a run at the title but teams like Gonzaga, Louisville, California, Oklahoma and Texas are just a solid performance away from putting an end to their ‘Cinderella’ tag.

Other spoilers include Memphis, Purdue, Boston College, Notre Dame and Utah State. I’ve been a lifelong UCLA and North Carolina fan but I have my doubts that either of these teams are going to breeze through the competition with the level of talent they’ll be facing again this year.

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