It’s been a long, arduous five month excursion, rampant with unpredictability, vulnerability and excitement. But this winding road has finally led us to the zenith of the college basketball season players, coaches, universities, analysts and hoop heads have anticipated: the National Championship game. Undoubtedly March has lived up to it’s trademark moniker of madness. With the nation bereft of any truly dominant superpowers and top seeds Ohio St. Duke, Kansas and Pittsburgh showing glaring defects the lack of inexpugnable programs translated into mass parity and insanity. This year’s national title matchup between perennial power UConn Huskies and the giant killer Butler Bulldogs ratifies just how competitive the college basketball landscape has become and is emblematic of how much the talent disparity among power conferences and mid-majors has dissipated. For the first time in NCAA Tournament history no 1 or 2 seeds owned a Final Four slot. The UConn Huskies didn’t receive a...
