What is missing from the NCAA Basketball Tournament?
It hard to tell, but the last 15 years or so have been blessed by great games and some individual shining moments. Looking back at the tournament, we have not come across a great story for the ages.
In the pre-big television and NIT competitition, you had the following:
1946 - Holy Cross - Bob Cousy
1950 - CCNY - won both NIT and NCAA in the same season
1955, 56 - San Francisco - Bill Russell
1957 - UNC beating Kansas in triple OT
1966 - Texas Western - starting 5 African-Americans
1974 - NC State - stopping UCLA's 7 in row
1976 - Indiana - last undefeated
Big TV Era
1979 - Michigan State - Magic vs. Bird
1983 - NC State and Jimmy V.
1985 - Villanova - perfect game
1991 - Duke - knocking UNLV in the semi's
2003 - Syracuse - freshmen GMac and Carmelo giving Boeheim first title
2006 - George Mason's miricle fun - didn't win
Am I missing something?
1 comment:
There weren't enough first round upsets this year, that usually get more casual fans to tune in. However, I think the casual viewers will tune in more for the Final Four due to the fact that all the favorites are in it.
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