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Selection Sunday

            Selection Sunday is here and gone, and now it’s time for the best part of the year to get underway.  Filling out our brackets, betting money, and picking that one upset that will shock the world.  But all that wouldn’t be possible without Selection Sunday.  This is the day that makes or breaks teams hoping to keep their season alive.  For some teams there is no need to worry but for others getting into this tournament is a huge opportunity.

            This day for many fans is the beginning of the most exciting 30 days they will experience the whole year, many like Zac Weese consider this day a national holiday, “I almost consider Selection Sunday as a holiday, and so I was super pumped.  I think there will be some really good matchups this year, and there also could be a ton of upsets because there aren’t any great teams.”  This day to fans and teams is the day when your season finally begins or suddenly ends.  Teams figure out who their matchups are and when or where they are headed, either down the road to the Sprint Center, or 2400 miles across the nation.

            After the picks last Sunday many people were questioning if the committee made the right decisions.  Some teams were picked fairly but others were questioned, for example, placing Miami, the winner of the ACC tournament as a number two seed under Indiana you lost against Wisconsin in the semifinals of the Big 10 tournament.  Also, placing Duke under Louisville in the Midwest bracket.  Justin Reed had the same feelings, “I thought the committee could have added a couple more teams that deserved to be in the tournament like Kentucky for example, but overall I think all the teams that are in the tournament deserved the seeds they got.”   

Photo curtsy of USA Today.
Missouri Valley team Creighton watches for their
seeding Sunday night.

            This year’s championship is definitely up for grabs for any team competing.  There is no one team singled out to win the tournament, so that means every team in the bracket has a shot for glory.  There’s possibilities for upsets and there’s a possibility for two number one seeds in the final game, no one knows, and that’s the great part about March Madness and Selection Sunday, it keeps you on your toes and wanting more.