One Game...

My bracket looks dirtier than a Tiger Woods text.

I literally threw it in the garbage at one point on Saturday.

To paraphrase Tiger, Northern Iowa slapped Kansas' face, and made it beg for mercy. I'd paraphase more, but Tiger's got a mouth that's dirtier than this blog can get. (He'd make Ron Jeremy blush).

Kansas didn't want it. It's that simple.

When you watched that game, every loose ball went to Northern Iowa. Every hustle play, went to the underdog.

And that's what makes the tournament so great, and the idiots who talk about it so stupid.

EVERYONE, our President included, told us Kansas was the best overall team. They had the deepest team. Except that, they didn't.

March Madness is great because it's 64 playoff games (yes, I count the play-in). Each team gets ONE GAME to fight for their season. That's why higher-seeds can fall. If they overlook an opponent, if they get outworked by an opponent, if stud players are worrying about their draft position... One lapse in focus, can lead to one shining moment.

That's why great coaches tend to get those fat contracts. Great coaches are able to keep consistency EVERY year: Consistent effort, consistent focus. It's not a coincidence that someone like Tom Izzo has been to the Final Four 5 out of the last 11 seasons. It's not a coincidence that Mike Krzyzewski has three national titles and a bevy of Final Four apperances.

I think more than most sports, coaching does matter in college basketball. It doesn't hurt that top programs like Kansas, Kentucky, Duke, and North Carolina usually get the best kids; the McDonalds All-Americans.

But still, in college you gotta coach em up (even if we're talking about one and done players like John Wall). A college national title is the toughest 6-game winning streak to obtain in all of sports.

I love March Madness. It's a great time of year. It's especially fun when teams not named Duke are upset.