YES!!!!!!

MARCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Finally, the BEST month of the year is here! The next 31 days are like Christmas for me, starting off nicely with a new Bracketology, Bubble Watch, Top 25 Rankings, and finding out New Mexico head coach Steve Alford received a reprimand for cursing at BYU's Jonathan Tavernari. I would say that Alford needs to show more class, but, with his record, it's like telling me to stop watching sports.

Anywho, that's my tiny rant about the disaster that was Sautrday. I might talk about more of it when the pain desists; that is, if it ever does.

So, back to why March is so perfect...I've thought about the Ide(al)s of March ever since I was a senior at Wheat Ridge, and I've successfully been able to brew up a list of 10 Masterful March Moments:

10) Increasingly Warm Weather
-Bitterness becomes brightness as February turns to March. Aside from the occasional 10-foot watered-down blizzard, March is a clear sign of spring!
9) World Baseball Classic
-Although it is now featured every 4 years, it brings a new addition to the game: International Camaraderie.
8) Outdoor Track
-Back in high school, this was always a great thing to look forward to; I felt like I was being let out of a cage in the form of Indoor Track/winter running.
7) St Patrick's Day
-I don't care how silly of a holiday it is, it has always been one of the best, and I honestly have no idea why.
6) Spring Break
-It's nice to have a week off of school, sure, but Spring Break usually meant Tucson or Disney World, which always made it one excellent week off.
5) Shamrock Shakes
-This might be the main reason why St Patty's Day is so amazing. Shamrock Shakes are quite possibly the greatest thing to happen to liquids since the discovery of drinking water.
4) Conference Tournaments
-This is why March Madness starts two weeks early for me: 347 teams in 32 conferences deperately fighting for a ticket to dance.
3) State High School Basketball Tournament
-Probably the longest on-going tradition in my family. I've gone every year since - I think - 1988. I'm pretty bummed I'm missing it this year.
2) Spring Training
-Hope springs eternal. Spring Training is a fresh start. It's fantasizing about a World Series ring in October, regardless of how talented the team is; that's how unpredictable baseball really is.
1) MARCH MADNESS
-Does it really need an explanation? No, but I'm gonna give one anyway. It is the greatest postseason of any kind in any sport in the World. Pat Forde of ESPN once stated that the Dance was "exactly one micro-element away from human perfection." To me, it is human perfection.