The best tournament I have ever seen.

And Boeheim has done a great coaching job this season.

 

By far this has been the best tournament I have witnessed. And this from a guy who has seen his team play in three national championships, and his alma mater play in two.

I've also seen two Final Fours, and a Sweet 16 where Davidson beat Wisconsin and nearly took down Kansas.

 

Had some problems last night, at least from my house. A couple switching problems where they went to the wrong game--the most egregious being when Xavier/Pitt and Texas A&M/Purdue were both coming down the stretch with probably less than a minute to go---and they switched to the Duke game showing postgame highlights for a good 10 seconds or so until they got it fixed.

 

I think the best final four would be Syracuse/Kansas State from that bracket, Ohio State/Northern Iowa from that bracket, Cornell/Kentucky from that bracket and St. Mary's/Baylor from that bracket. I want to see the best games in the final four, where a team is from be damned, and I think those teams would allow for the best Saturday/Monday to close the season.

I am perfectly happy with the chaos that's ensued, just as long as it still lends itself to good final four matchups.

It was great and all that George Mason made its run, but their game against Florida was pretty blah.

 

I loved watching UNLV simply run away from Duke in 1991 (and the Loyola Marymount run) and then seeing the Dukies do the unthinkable in 1992 were two memorable tourneys.

The Fab Five runs were also thrilling even if they came up short, I wonder even in the new rules era whether we will ever see 5 freshman/sophomores get to two straight championship games.

This year's run has been great because those St. Mary's Gaels? They eat at the same Noah's Bagels as I do! Beautiful campus as well; great scene for home games (most thrilling win I've seen was last year's NIT matchup with Stephen Curry and Davidson, that was fun.)

 

I completely disagree - don't tell me the build-up for Florida versus UConn with all those first round picks - which is who it would have been -- wouldn't have been great.

 

Count me in as one of the people who could care less about the Final Four if it involves all power teams. Northern Iowa - Kansas would not have been as fun, if it were Texas winning by a few points.

The smaller teams add an extra dimension to the game. It gives casual fans like myself a rooting interest.

 

Many people, myself included hate the NBA.

 

I've watched the tournament for 30 years, and the bluebloods get more and more boring for me every year. I've gone from mailing away to the lottery every year for Final Four tickets to skipping the final four on tv now most years. I can't get excited about watching Michigan State - maybe it means I don't love college basketball.

I can get excited about watching Northern Iowa beating Kansas. I can get excited about St. Mary's beating Villanova... Maybe its a morality play (good vs. evil) even if its only in my mind.