March Madness

It is spectacular time of the year. All the eyes in the sports world fixate on the 18 to 22 year old hoops stars in the NCAA tournement. It has provided us with some of the best moments in sports history and some of the biggest upsets you can imagine. The one time of year when Cinderella has the spotlight. In no other sport does the underdog have more of a chance at glory. This year it is a little diffrent, though. Just two double-digit seeds have made it to the sweet sixteen and one is a 20 win team from the ACC. The other wil almost certainly meet its demise a UW-Milwakue will face the top seeded, one loss Fighting Illinois. The 10 seed NC State Wolfpack will likely be favored over the 8th seeded Wisconson Badgers. The one can't miss game this round is the match up between the #2 Seeded Oklahoma State Cowboys and the #3 Seeded Arizona Wildcats. It is a mathcup of conflicting styles. As Eddie Sutton brings in his philosophie of defense and team work above all. Both coaches members of the 700 win club and future hall of famers.

I like the talent of the Wildcats over the hard-nose defense of the 'boys. Why? I think that 'zona will out run the defnse of OSU and their ability to shoot the 3-ball will nuetralize any attemps at a zone. Saleem Statlemauire will need a big game, but his ability is up there with Redick and Mcnamara.

For the Cowboys to win I think they will need to chang pace and run off the mised jumpers, t they are a defense first team with a slow tempo.

They may not make the Elite-8 this year, but the future is bright with Jameson Curry and Eddie Sutton at the helm.