The Cinderella Story Is Poorly Written

The term “March Madness” implies unpredictability. With that implication comes the inevitable underdog, Cinderalla, dark horse, or whatever other name we all decide to assign to teams who have no chance of winning the ultimate prize, the National Championship.

Maybe I’m elitist but I root against them all. Baylor, Tennessee, Stanford, UConn and Notre Dame win the Women’s basketball championships just as Villanova, North Carolina, Duke, Kansas and Kentucky win the Men’s. Sure a George Washington, Davidson, or Wichita State will occasionally make some noise or even a Final Four but nothing more.

Look at the last 22 men’s national champions and every team you see is a powerhouse NCAA program. Sure it’s fun to watch Goliath go down but were it not for the Dukes, UCLAs, and Carolinas in the world there would be no such thing as a Cinderalla story to begin with.

I find it much more entertaining to watch the traditional heavyweights with future NBA and WNBA players duke it out for the chance to cut down the nets. They’re more polarizing sure, but that only adds to the fun. Would we really all love to watch less talented, mediocre teams from middle America play against each other every year anyway?

The truth is, Cinderalla always leaves the ball at about 9 o’clock while the big dogs are still dancing until midnight.