Tourney Tip Off is ALMOST HERE!!

Man I love this day. We are only 2 hrs from tip off in the NCAA Tournament and I can barely focus.

Unfortunately I am at work today (off tomorrow though!!) and am trying to keep busy this morning or else I will just drive myself nuts.

These next 4 days are 4 of the best sports days of the year. Sure the Final Four is great but I don't care as much by that time. This weekend is all about teams like Siena or Utah State. Teams with big dreams like North Dakota State and teams that just want to keep it competitive like Morehead State.

The Duke's UConn's just want to get through the weekend without too much problem. They want to get to next Thursday or Friday where they finally get excited. That is part of the problem for the big schools, they know they should win these early games so they don't play as hard.

Then you have the Utah's of the world. The smaller schools that earned their trip easily but are the favorite to lose amongst the top 5 seeds.

Guys like Dominic James of Marquette can only sit and watch as one time Final Four thoughts have faded to just getting through to the Sweet Sixteen.

There are so many story lines that haven't been talked about and exciting moments coming these next 4 days that it is easy to get excited for all the games.

Today and tomorrow are especially great cause the traditional seed matchups are all taking place. I mean who isn't really excited about the 5/12 and 6/11 matchups. And what happens if a 16 keeps it close or a 15 takes it down to the wire? Pure hysteria.

And that is what makes these next 2, then 2 more, days so great.

Now we are only 1 hour 50 minutes from it all beginning!