MAD GENIUSES

The committee behind March Madness has done it again. What was already the most exciting playoff showcase in sport just got better. With so many games happening at once, there's always a buzzer beater or an OT situation looming that either means cutting away from a current game, or missing it live and having to see it on replay somewhere else. The only solutions being to live with it or invest in about five more televisions. As of Friday, the NCAA has said no more. All games will now be effectively staggered across three different stations to increase viewership, and cut down significantly on games cutting in to others. Brilliant. Simply put, they get it. They get the mass entertainment value that millions of people take away from what may be the greatest month of sport, and do everything they can to maximize it. Where NCAA Football poo poos a playoff, NCAA Basketball has extended theirs. Where other sports have changes to the game or system that take months of talking and years to be put in to affect, NCAA Basketball has taken the initiative to make quick and timely decisions that better the game now. They realize what they have is special and go to a lot of effort to preserve that. It shows and should be commended. So this Buds for you "Men of the Madness", for always keeping the fans best interest in mind and turning out the best product possible because of it. Now if only they could find a way to have Gus Johnson to announce every game.