It's time for the underdogs to shine; time for the mid-majors to rise up and make a name for themselves; time for buzzer beaters; and time for someone to turn himself into a superstar. As far as basketball is concerned it's the most wonderful time of the year. And we've already had some of these in the conference championships.
Kemba Walker made a name for himself early in the season with some staggering numbers. But in the middle part of the season he fell off the map a bit as UConn began to struggle a little. In the Big East Conference tournament he's putting on a show again. They've played 3 games in the tourney so far against Depaul, #22 Georgetown, and #3 Pitt. They have won all 3 games and Walker has averaged 26 points, 6 rebounds and over 4 assists. Plus he knocked down a buzzer beater to claim the victory over Pitt.
Then there was the St John's v Rutgers game last night. That was drama for different reasons than basketball. The refs kind of killed that game. With less than 10 seconds to go Rutgers inbounded the ball with a chance to tie or win the game. Their was a potential foul on the inbound, but that was questionable and not called. So St John's stole the ball and thought they finished the game. So the player who stole it ran up the court, traveled and, stepped out of bounds with almost 2 seconds left on the clock. All of those would have given the ball back to Rutgers with time left to take a shot, unfortunately none of them were called, so Rutgers never got the chance. The refs have since resigned from the tournament.
Expect more drama to unfold in the next couple of days leading up to Selection Sunday. What bubble team will end up getting knocked out the NCAA tournament because of an underdog winning their conference? It's anyone's guess, and that what makes it so great?
By the way, when will college football catch on?
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