College basketball. My classmates as well as my family recognize how important the sport is to me. I wait all year every year for a new season to begin in high hopes for my beloved North Carolina Tar Heels. The season starts in the late fall, but the madness begins in March. Widely referred to as "The Big Dance", The NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament is my favorite event of the year. I study stats, prepare my brackets, and watch each and every Heels game in wait for the tourney.
Well, the tournament finally started last Thursday. I made 10 brackets in preparation for this time, and I'm pretty confident about them. The way the tourney goes, there are basketball games throughout every weekend. First games are Thursday and Friday, and the winners play the second games Saturday and Sunday. UNC got past the first week with wins against Harvard and Arkansas, both too close for my liking. Tonight at 7:40 we play Wisconsin, arguably the second best teams in the nation. I'm confident about it, but it will be a hard fought game. But following the impressive finish against Arkansas, as UNC head coach Roy Williams tied Dean Smith four second most tournament wins of all time, and also clinching his 750th win of his career, there is no reason to believe that we can't beat a good team like Wisconsin.
My knowledge of North Carolina basketball is extensive. From Michael Jordan to Tyler Hansbrough (My favorite college player of all time, and one the greatest to live), I could go on for hours sharing my love for this team and what they stand for.
College basketball is my life, and March is easily my favorite month of the year. There is a certain intensity and passion during this tournament that just simply no other sport acquires. Every game is unpredictable, each team is equal. Forget the rankings, forget the records. March is the month of champions, and I have every hope for the Tar Heels. By the end of the month I'm hoping to see our team raising our fifth banner with the rafters above Dean Smith Center. What can I say, I don't love anything quite like I love college basketball, especially North Carolina basketball. I bleed Tar Heel blue.
cool. I like how you expressed how basketball has an impact on you
ReplyDeleteI like how you talk about the March Madness games coming up. I also like that you like college basketball
ReplyDeletei have noticed that march made a lot of people mad
ReplyDeletei have noticed that march made a lot of people mad
ReplyDeleteI see that you love to watch basketball. U DA BOMB
ReplyDeletenascars much easier to follow! lol
ReplyDeleteGood writing here Spence. It's a bit hard to read without separating into paragraphs and spacing down. Just makes it easier for readers to see / read.
ReplyDeleteWhat does Tar Heels mean? I'm a bit clueless.
Tar Heels are the mascot for North Carolina/UNC. So if I say any of those three terms it all means the same thing.
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