Who's Coming to Big D?

Tomorrow the NCAA tournament begins!  Woo-hoo!  I like watching the tournament.  Getting to know some of the names of future NBA players is nice. Most of all I enjoy the competition of it all.  I like the format the NCAA uses to get a National Champion.  

This will be the 4th annual NCAA bracket competition between Brad and I!  We count overall games marked correctly. If a team goes out early in the tournament and you picked them to make the Elite 8 then you are stuck marking quite a few games wrong. That's what you always hope to avoid! Yet you know upsets will occur. A Cinderella team emerges each year!  I'm going for a 4-peat!  I've won our bracket challenge all four years we've done one!  Yes, folks I'm queen of the brackets in this house!  LOL!  My husband called me the "queen of the NCAA bracket" so it's okay for me to put that in this blog!  ;) LOL!

When the teams and match-ups were announced on Sunday, I was surprised to see ASU made the cut!  I keep up well with ASU football because it's easy to do, since the games are played once a week!  Whereas with basketball the games are randomly played on random nights. I see their scores flash across the bottom of the screen when watching ESPN but other than that it's a bit difficult to keep up with their basketball season. When I saw ASU made it, I was so busy celebrating that I paid no attention to their opponent in the first round. At the time I do remember Brad mentioning something about Texas.  But like I said my mind was too focused on ASU actually being in the tournament. Lets face it U of A is the basketball school, not ASU. When ASU makes it, it's a bit more noteworthy than when U of A makes it. So there I am late last night looking over the bracket when I notice....the match-up.....the dreaded match-up.....ASU is playing who?  My eyes did a double take, maybe even a triple take!  TEXAS!  No matter how many times I looked away then looked back at my bracket it still said TEXAS!!!!!!  Oh come on, of all the universities! Of all the possible match-ups!  ASU and Texas square off in the first round!  YIKES! This is the Super Bowl dilemma all over again!


Actually it's not really a dilemma.  It's more of a divided household issue!  The rule in this house is that I cheer for all Texas schools and pro teams unless.....UNLESS....they go up against ASU or the Cardinals. So it's all good!  Go Sun Devils!  Although I must admit I won't be too upset if they lose because Brad will be happy.  This year the Final Four is at Cowboys Stadium.  They have been preparing to turn the stadium into a basketball arena for weeks now.  So which teams are coming to big D?