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Unfold your victory story

So I was hardly excited about this year’s NCAA Tournament. Filled out three brackets this morning, but I don’t know who’s good, and I don’t really care. By the way, brackets are just awful when you can’t convince yourself yours matters.

But then the games started.

BYU just wrapped up a spectacular 99-92 double-overtime win over the 10-seed Florida Gators that reminded me why March Madness is king. Like many tourney games, it started slowly, with poor execution and a disappointing level of play. But the Cougars took a big second-half lead, blew it, and then somehow managed to win the game anyway.

My favorite part was when Jimmer Fredette got knocked down with four minutes to go in the second overtime period. As soon as the cameraman stood over him, he just looked up and waved. Totally cool under pressure, and that’s as close as I got to knowing the Cougars would win before the final buzzer sounded. My least favorite part would have been that stepback three he took late if he hadn’t made it, but it went in and he finished with 37 to lead BYU to an awesome victory.

So it’s back to the games for me. By the way, CBS and the NCAA completely rock for giving you alternative options if you can’t catch the games on TV, like their online streaming and $10 iPhone app (which has pretty solid video quality, by the way) for catching games on the go, or just seeing the game that isn’t on right now. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can’t wait until everyone sees the light.

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The Goreman said…
Yeah, go BYU!!!!
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