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- Essay Name : 1307.txt
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- Language : ENGLISH
- Subject : Sport
- Title : NCAA
- Grade : 85%
- School System : COLLEGE
- Country : USA
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- Date : 11-20-96
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- It's March. Do you know what time it is? It's March Madness, the NCAA Mens
- Basketball Tournament. The time of the year when you see commercials on CBS
- announcing the Road to the Final Four, the pinnacle of the college basketball year. Each
- year 64 teams vie for a spot in the Final Four. Teams from the East, Midwest, Southwest,
- and West all compete for one spot from each division. The teams that play for one of
- these spots can be classified into four different groups. The Number 1 through 4 seeds,
- the Cinderella teams, the Bubble teams and the One Hit Wonders.
- The Number 1 through 4 seeds make up 1/4 of the tournament. These teams are
- the strongest teams in the nation and are usually figured to go to the Final Four. The
- teams ranked Number 1 in their bracket have the best chance of going to the Final Four.
- Since 1980 at least one Number 1seed has gone to the Final Four. The number one
- seeded team has also never been beaten in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The
- teams that are 1 through 4 this year, and figure to be playing for the National
- Championship, are Kentucky, UMass, Purdue, Georgetown, Cincinnati, Utah, Villanova,
- and Arizona. All of these teams had to have had tremendous regular seasons and
- conference tournaments to be seeded so high.
- On the other hand a "Cinderella" team is a team that had a so-so regular season
- and upset a higher ranked team in their conference tournament. They ride that wave of
- momentum into the Field of 64 and hope to upset another higher ranked team in the first
- and second rounds. These teams usually don't last farther than the Sweet Sixteen where
- their season usually comes to an end. Teams that can be classified into this group are the
- 10 through 14 seeds. Teams that fall into this category are Clemson, Virginia
- Commonwealth, Austin Peay, Cansius, and Santa Clara.
- Out of these "Cinderella" teams, many of them were teams "on the Bubble." These
- teams finished with a so-so regular season also but also had a so-so conference
- tournament. They had to sweat it out and hope for other teams to falter and the selection
- committee to be generous for these teams to make it. Once in the tournament these teams
- can be transformed into a Cinderella team by beating two higher seeded teams. Teams "on
- the Bubble" are ranked 7 through 9. The teams that can be classified into this category or
- groupings are Michigan, Stanford, Bradley, Wisconsin-Green Bay, and Eastern Michigan.
- That leaves the last grouping of teams. The One Hit Wonders. Their describes
- them perfectly. They usually upset one team then bow out of the tourney in the second
- round. The teams in this category might prematurely be labeled a "Cinderella" team, but
- after exiting the tournament in the second round they cannot be given this title. These
- teams can be ranked anywhere from 6 through 15. Teams from this group are Mississippi
- Valley, Louisville, Iowa, Indiana, Princeton, and Monmouth.
- So as one can see there are many different ways to view the teams from the Field
- of 64. From the Number 1's through Number 4's to the One-Hit Wonders there are many
- teams with a shot at winning the NCAA National Championship. You might ask, "Which
- team do you feel will win the National Championship?" I feel the National Championship
- will go to the Georgetown Hoyas ( a Number 2 seed ) out of the East.
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