
[craig nigrelli]
SELECTION SUNDAY WAS EXCITING. THE BRACKETS ARE NOW SET. AND TICKETS TO THE BIG DANCE ARE PUNCHED. WE NOW KNOW THE 68 TEAMS, WHO WILL BE TAKING PART IN THIS YEAR’S MEN’S AND WOMEN’S NC-DOUBLE-A BASKETBALL TOURNAMENTS — SO LET THE MADNESS BEGIN.
LOOKING AT THE MEN’S BRACKET FIRST – THE SELECTION COMMITTEE NAMED THE AUBURN TIGERS, THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL SEED – WITH THE COMMITTEE ANNOUNCING DUKE, HOUSTON, AND FLORIDA AS THE OTHER NUMBER ONE SEEDS.
THE SEC — MAKING TOURNAMENT HISTORY — WITH 14 TEAMS IN MARCH MADNESS– THE MOST EVER FROM ONE CONFERENCE.
THE MEN’S TOURNAMENT KICKS OFF TOMORROW WITH THE FIRST FOUR.
OVER ON THE WOMEN’S SIDE – FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY — IT IS UCLA TOPPING THE BRACKET AS THE TOP OVERALL SEED – WITH SOUTH CAROLINA, U-S-C AND TEXAS ALSO SELECTED AS NUMBER ONE SEEDS.
THE WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT TIPS OFF WITH ITS FIRST FOUR ON WEDNESDAY.
SO WILL IT BE A NUMBER ONE SEED OR PERHAPS A CINDERELLA TEAM GETTING THEIR ONE SHINING MOMENT THIS YEAR ??
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I LIKE THE UPSETS IN THE EARLY ROUNDS, AND THE GOLIATHS BATTLING IN THE FINAL FOUR.