Why is March Madness so popular? I awoke this morning and came to my computer screen with my huge cup-o-coffee, like I do every morning, and clicked on the Internet Explorer icon. My homepage is Yahoo. Every morning I look at the top news headlines on the left side of the page about one-third the way down.
So, on this morning, the first crazy-exciting day of March, instead of the news headlines they had the NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament scores (when I wake up it’s about noon or so). So why is March Madness so popular?
Could it be because of the teams? The dominant no.1 seeds, the overrated no.1 seeds, the sneaky no.4, 5, 6, 7, or 8 seeds, the consistently tough no. 2 and 3 seeds, the cinderellas (which according to the latest motivational bell-ringing Nike commercial, shouldn’t be labeled cinderellas because they work hard). Or is it the true grit of the entire season, the heart of each and every coach and player and fan and relative and reporter?
I think we love this madness so much because we love to consider ourselves witnesses. Do you remember where you were when George Mason exemplified the cinderella? Where were you last season when the little school that could, Virginia Common-Wealth, upset the powerhouse Duke? We love to be witnesses. We love to see a player’s and coach’s heart left on the court and a fan’s tear on the seat. We love this madness because we love to see teams die hard.
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