Madness Mania!





            Written By: Spencer Teman, of Swish Tribune

            In what might have been the craziest NCAA men's basketball tournament we have ever seen, the final four gets even crazier. Out of twenty million brackets created throughout the world, only 37 of them correctly predicted the teams in this year's Final Four.

            This is the first time since the 1970s where no number 1 seeds made the Elite Eight and none will be participating in the final 3 games. To add to the chaos, the highest seed in the Final Four is the Connecticut Huskies coming in at a number 4 seed.

            Anything is possible and the tournament has certainly proved that this year, but right now the favorite to take home the trophy is the Huskies from Connecticut. They have absolutely dominated every team in their path leading up to this and do not look to slow down anytime soon.

            Along with being the favorite, UConn was the most likely out of the four teams to make it to this point. The other teams that are in the final four are San Diego State, Miami, and Florida Atlantic. The crazy thing about these three teams is that they were all nearly eliminated in the first round. 

            From last year having four Blue Bloods to this year having zero Blue Bloods is pretty surprising. The blue bloods have run college basketball for a long time and these teams are just showing the rest of college basketball that the Blue Bloods are starting to pass the torch. 

            The first game on Saturday will feature FAU and San Diego State. If I were to have told you that either one of FAU or SDSU would be participating in the championship game at the start of March, you would have called me crazy. FAU has proved every doubter wrong and every game they've won this tournament has been an upset. 

            To me, FAU is so hot right now and have a better team than SDSU, so I see them getting to the championship game. It is so difficult to predict games during this tournament because most of the time, I've been wrong. The people that are paid to talk about and study College Basketball have been wrong, it's simply a guessing game at this point. 

            The next game is the Miami Hurricanes and the Connecticut Huskies. These are two teams that have been steamrolled as of late and have star power that is very hard to contain. Miami's two stars, Nijel Pack and Isiah Wong will match up against Andre Jackson and Adama Sanogo for the Huskies.

            This should be a great game and for the Hurricanes it is going to be very difficult to stop this Huskies team because of the roll that they are currently on right now. I'm definitely looking forward to see who wins this game because in my opinion, whoever wins this game will take the championship in the next game. 

            Saturday can't come any sooner as FAU takes on SDSU and Miami takes on UConn. In one of the most unique final fours displaying four schools who are uncharacteristically good at basketball this year, could make the tournament even crazier this weekend? Anything can happen in March, and this weekend backs up this case.

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