and a coach, when for half of the teams it means playing just one more game in front of a few hundred to a few thousand of their fans in an often far away place then going home with a loss. Or two games for 3/4's of the teams. And getting to play that one more game can be due to the whims of a committee that clearly does not always "get it right" (Indiana, UCLA, Texas? maybe this year).
Is there such a difference in having enjoyed 20+ wins during the season, and enjoying 20+ wins plus one more in Dayton or wherever?
With nearly half the teams getting automatic bids by being tournament champions we really end up with maybe the top 40 teams in the country, not the top 68.
This may be a phenomenon created mostly by CBS and ESPN and other media, much like the football championship series and getting to Olemaha, where we have lost a good bit of the enjoyment of each win in the regular season because we are SO focused on whether or not our team gets to those events. It seems part of the same phenomenon that has caused our town to have a t-ball championship every summer (we MUST have a champion, you know).
Interested in your comments.
Is there such a difference in having enjoyed 20+ wins during the season, and enjoying 20+ wins plus one more in Dayton or wherever?
With nearly half the teams getting automatic bids by being tournament champions we really end up with maybe the top 40 teams in the country, not the top 68.
This may be a phenomenon created mostly by CBS and ESPN and other media, much like the football championship series and getting to Olemaha, where we have lost a good bit of the enjoyment of each win in the regular season because we are SO focused on whether or not our team gets to those events. It seems part of the same phenomenon that has caused our town to have a t-ball championship every summer (we MUST have a champion, you know).
Interested in your comments.
