NCAA finds its champion
Eddie Gonzalez
Issue date: 4/16/09 Section: Sports
Every year the NCAA Basketball champion is decided in a tournament that has become the pinnacle of college athletics. The 65-team tournament trumps the football BCS system by far and is the best way of deciding a true National Champion.
The Final Four was not as dramatic as it has been in years past. North Carolina won two blowouts on their way to the championship, but it was exciting nonetheless.
A capacity crowd of 72,922 was stuffed into Detroit's Ford Field to watch the championship game, the largest ever to see a final four game according to ESPN.
The atmosphere was like none other, and this year received an extra boost thanks to Michigan State, from nearby East Lansing, making it to the championship game.
The epitome of school spirit was on display in Detroit. Entire sections of the stands were either Michigan State Spartan green or North Carolina Tar Heel blue.
The roar of the crowd at each basket made and moan at every bad play canceled out the announcers at times. Just imagine if the game had been close.
According to the Associated Press the television ratings for the tournament were up 5 percent this year despite the uncompetitive Final Four games.
In the world of college athletics many things are done wrong.
The BCS ruins the fans' vision of a true National College Football Champion every year that there are no undefeated teams.
While a 65-team tournament in college football would be nearly impossible and unnecessary, a simple 8-team tournament is plausible.
Since Bowl Game sponsors are so worried about losing money, they could sponsor the respective tournament games and get their Bowl games that way.
Do the fans really care if a quarterfinal game is called The Allstate Sugar Bowl?
Allstate is an insurance company, not a sugar company anyway; and the fans just want to see a "true" National Champion crowned.
Every year there is a team that is left out of the BCS equation, an equation that would be solved by a tournament, and says they deserve to play for a National Championship.
The Final Four was not as dramatic as it has been in years past. North Carolina won two blowouts on their way to the championship, but it was exciting nonetheless.
A capacity crowd of 72,922 was stuffed into Detroit's Ford Field to watch the championship game, the largest ever to see a final four game according to ESPN.
The atmosphere was like none other, and this year received an extra boost thanks to Michigan State, from nearby East Lansing, making it to the championship game.
The epitome of school spirit was on display in Detroit. Entire sections of the stands were either Michigan State Spartan green or North Carolina Tar Heel blue.
The roar of the crowd at each basket made and moan at every bad play canceled out the announcers at times. Just imagine if the game had been close.
According to the Associated Press the television ratings for the tournament were up 5 percent this year despite the uncompetitive Final Four games.
In the world of college athletics many things are done wrong.
The BCS ruins the fans' vision of a true National College Football Champion every year that there are no undefeated teams.
While a 65-team tournament in college football would be nearly impossible and unnecessary, a simple 8-team tournament is plausible.
Since Bowl Game sponsors are so worried about losing money, they could sponsor the respective tournament games and get their Bowl games that way.
Do the fans really care if a quarterfinal game is called The Allstate Sugar Bowl?
Allstate is an insurance company, not a sugar company anyway; and the fans just want to see a "true" National Champion crowned.
Every year there is a team that is left out of the BCS equation, an equation that would be solved by a tournament, and says they deserve to play for a National Championship.
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