Show Take a e Your our Pick Ie 8 y L- L L t 3 j li Wk ir r 3 r ti G a t kp 4 e v iI p x o nn w Photograph Courtesy of By Elliot Roper Assistant Editor The month of March not Mayor May or June helps remind of us of I why we love the game of bas bas- There isn't a best of five or seven series There are no nights off If you lose you are done finished Go home and wait for next year If you have a sports IQ of that of ofa a peanut you will realize what I am referring to No I am not talking about the league that has network television television television tele tele- vision paying off referees the league that is saturated with high school players and egos flying through the roof Im I'm Im I'm not talking about the league that has offense only games million- million dollar players and especially Bill Walton Someone hold me back For one month out of the year we are reminded and we renew the love we had for basketball We realize that it is not about the money Some little Podunk College in the middle of southeastern southeastern southeastern south south- eastern Rhode Island or Delaware gets a chance to make history for their school Names like and Creighton get an opportunity to help their schools emerge from the shad shad- There are no favorites Do Donot Donot Donot not blink Seconds fly by with endless repercussions If you live in the West you could be playing in the East If you live in the North you could be playing in the South No advantage You have probably never even heard of some of the teams you will play let alone some of the players You dont don't know what to expect Good luck Ins Instead ead sixteen of cheerleaders there are sixty- sixty four Instead of planning for their summer vacations they bring their homework from game to game game because they have finals the following week Emotions run high and tears these may flow That's because guys actually give a damn The guys in the other league just walk off sign another deal and fly to Mexico Some argue that they have paid their dues I dont don't consider a high school education as paying dues Paying dues is working your way through four years graduating graduating graduating and getting drafted Graduating huh what a concept There are just some things during those months that are not seen in the theother theother theother other league Passing moving without the basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball and dare we say hustle Its It's a apure apure apure pure form of the game Teamwork comes before personal personal personal per per- achieve achieve- ments A single night off can cost you what youve you've worked so hard for all season long Failure means starting starting starting start start- ing over again next year F For or some players it means never having another opportunity The other league Come and go as you please A couple of players have shown us that you can always come back if you want to try it again agam March Madness is about pride heart and determination not money This is why you cant can't an t say say you like both In biblical terms you cannot serve two masters or something like that You get the idea I know good basketball basketball basketball basket basket- ball when I see it Now take your pick C t 4 4 g 4 L Ly i y Photograph Courtesy of |