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For me the charm of the NCAA tournament is seeing the little guy get his chance to knock of the Goliath. I live for the Hampton over Iowa State, the Richmond over Syracuse, Princeton's near miss of Georgetown, and that miracle shot by Drew against Ole Miss.
If you eliminate these first round mismatches, I wouldn't even bother to watch the tournament. I can see Kentucky play Indiana during the regular season. What we need the tournament for is to help us understand that Kent State and Nevada are capable of playing some great basketball and it is a shame that if it weren't for the NCAA tourney most of the country would never get a chance to see them play. The big TV network folks are always showing Duke or Michigan and hence tons of money pours into those conferences and programs.
Give the little guy a chance.
PS Digger and Notre Dame can SHUT UP about being snubbed now that Holy Cross cleaned their golden dome.
Edited with thanks to TriggerMN for the upset correction!
[Edited by Nevadaref on Mar 16th, 2005 at 10:56 PM]
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