March Madness flies

By Marty Kocon
Cardinal Staff


Thursday marked the start of the third round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball tournament, and in a tournament famous for upsets, this year’s appears to be uncharacteristically tame.

All 1st, 2nd and 3rd seeds remain, and the 12th seeded Arizona Wildcats are the only double digit seed remaining, which leaves the casual fan to ask, ‘where is this year’s Cinderella team?’


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While this year may appear to be quite ordinary, on closer look you can see that the underdog is everywhere but in the win column. Fifteenth seeded California State Northridge gave second seeded Memphis all it could handle until Memphis pulled out a victory at the end. Also, 13th seeded Cleveland State pummeled favorite Wake Forest 83-69. Ninth seeded Sienna challenged the overall first seed Louisville in a hard fought matchup, which Louisville eventually won 79-72.

This year’s tournament has supplied a fair share of surprises but has yet to drop any of the tournament’s favorites. The lack of upsets has destroyed the hopes of the rags-to-riches Cinderella stories of George Mason and Dayton fame. It instead will showcase the finest college basketball teams the nation has to offer, a result that is worth excluding the bracket-ruining underdogs.

Let the Madness continue.