I would just like to thank

Fri Mar 28, 2008 at 11:52:11 PM EDT

Wisconsin and Michigan State for their representation of the Big 10 in the NCAA tournament tonight.

I know it's tournament time.  I know sometimes upsets happen and sometimes better teams crush weaker opponents, but I also know that as a conference, we are judged by the best of our teams.  And today, the best of our teams were destroyed.  Sure, Sparty is getting killed by a number 1 seed, but that's doesn't excuse the fact that they look like the team that lost to us at CHA, they they've reverted to the dreaded roadkill Sparty form that has plagued them.  That the closeness (and I use that term loosely) of the final score belies the stomping that they took in the first half.  And the Badgers...that they were tied at half will be completely forgotten and all that will remain is a 3 seed losing to a 10 by 17.  That a normally patient, disciplined team was apparently kidnapped and replaced by a wild, running, 3 point attempting team, who was unable to attack in the paint or guard against the 3.  In short, by a team that looked nothing like they looked the rest of the year.  
So.
Thanks guys.  Thanks for not showing up today.  Here's to next year.


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