Although supposedly well-streamed over the web by CBS, watching college basketball games in Chile is virtually impossible. The video is way too choppy, and the only shots you can see well are the commercials (and this ain't the Supabah, if ya know what I mean).But fret not, good friends, I am well in the mix of the madness. CBS does a great job streaming Westwood One's radio broadcasts, so I take over every computer in sight and listen to all the games at once. It's magical.
And it also leaves my eyes available to read everyone's glogs, reports, and analysis of this year's tournament. And the madness doesn't end there. I've been learning a tad about the history of the Big Dance, as well. Basketball literature is quite inspiring as well:
The gym lights gleam like a beacon beam
And a million motors hum
In a good will flight on a Friday night;
For basketball beckons, "Come!"
A sharp-shooting mite is king tonight.
The Madness of March is running.
The winged feet fly, the ball sails high
And field goal hunters are gunning.
The colors clash as silk suits flash
And race on a shimmering floor.
Repressions die, and partisans vie
In a goal acclaiming roar.
On a Championship Trail toward a holy grail,
All fans are birds of a feather.
It's fiesta night and cares lie light
When the air is full of leather.
Since time began, the instincts of man
Prove cave and current men kin.
On tournament night the sage and the wight
Are relatives under the skin.
It's festival time, sans reason or rhyme
But with nation-wide appeal.
In a cyclone of hate, our ship of state
Rides high on an even keel.
With war nerves tense, the final defense
Is the courage, strength and will
In a million lives where freedom thrives
And liberty lingers still.
Now eagles fly and heroes die
Beneath some foreign arch
Let their sons tread where hate is dead
In a happy Madness of March.
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