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Stanford Edges Arizona to Win Women’s Basketball Title. Relocate (Don’t Boycott) Beijing 2022 Olympics!

Monday, April 5, 2021 at 6:37 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 women’s and men’s basketball tournaments as “March Madness.” They do so to exploit “the thrill of victory and agony of defeat” inherent in watching low-seeded teams (aka Cinderellas) upset top-seeded ones — often with buzzer-beating hail marys. Unfortunately, these tournaments rarely live up to the hype, respectively. Sure… Read more.

March Madness 2018…

Thursday, March 29, 2018 at 7:23 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Is thinking Sister Jean has anything to do with Loyola’s miracle. Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament as “March Madness.” They do so to exploit “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” inherent in low-seeded teams (a.k.a. Cinderellas) upsetting top-seeded ones — often with buzzer-beating hail marys. Incidentally, I decided years… Read more.

Mississippi State, Cinderella of all Cinderellas, Upsets Presumptive Princess UConn

Saturday, April 1, 2017 at 7:47 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament as ‘March Madness.’ They do so to exploit ‘the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat’ inherent in low-seeded (a.k.a. Cinderella) teams upsetting top-seeded ones — often with buzzer-beating hail marys. Except that this year’s tournament hasn’t quite lived up to that hype. After all, the… Read more.

NCAA March Madness — and Then There’s the Women of UConn

Thursday, March 30, 2017 at 7:12 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament as “March Madness.” They do so to exploit “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” inherent in low-seeded (a.k.a. Cinderella) teams upsetting top-seeded ones — often with buzzer-beating hail marys. Except that this year’s tournament hasn’t quite lived up to that hype. After all, the… Read more.

NCAA March Madness … among the Women Too

Friday, April 1, 2016 at 7:36 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

Organizers hype the annual NCAA Division 1 Basketball Tournament as “March Madness.” They do so to exploit “the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” inherent in low-seeded (aka Cinderella) teams upsetting top-seeded ones – often with buzzer-beating, three-point hail marys. This year’s tournament has lived up to that hype – as millions who picked… Read more.

UConn Routs Louisville to Win NCAA (Women’s) Championship

Wednesday, April 8, 2009 at 8:17 AM

Written by Anthony L. Hall

One can be forgiven for thinking that North Carolina winning the NCAA (men’s) championship on Monday is the biggest story in basketball this year. After all, even President Obama took time out of his busy schedule to have ESPN broadcast him filling out his NCAA tournament brackets. He completed them by picking North Carolina to win.… Read more.