When Steny Hoyer brings up a resolution to support and recognize the University of Maryland men's basketball team - I'm not making this up - before we even had March madness, then you just know that it's just political favoritism.
What's good about March? Well, for one thing, it keeps February and April apart.
The accomplishments in college and even in the pros are more in my mind because you constantly see Duke on TV during basketball season. You constantly see the NBA.
I have warned many times about the guaranteed dangers of betting with your heart instead of your head - big darkness, soon come - but every once in a while you get a fair chance to have it both ways, and the annual NCAA basketball Tournament is one of them.
I'm a big sports fan. College football is my favorite.
Alabama's a football state and you really don't get too many basketball players out there.
The national championship for Syracuse in 2003 will always be the high-water mark for me. That was my alma mater, my team, my players, our fans. That remains the top experience of my basketball life.
There was no professional basketball for me in the United States when I was in grade school and middle school. I could look to the Olympics and college basketball, but that was only on TV for the Final Four.
The Final Four is what we play for. That's what we're trying to do. That's what's important.
There's nothing like Cameron Indoor Stadium where the kids are right on top of you and the Cameron Crazies are going nuts. Rupp Arena with the Big Blue Nation and the passion of their fans is special.
March Madness is an incredible three weeks. I firmly believe it's the greatest three weeks in sports. You have the Super Bowl; you have the World Series.
Here at CBS, spring also means March Madness. I love the name March Madness. I'm glad the PC police haven't made us change March Madness to early spring psychosis.
During my 40-year coaching career at West Point, Indiana and Texas Tech, my teams reached the Final Four on five occasions, winning the national championship three times.
Making it to the Final Four, you feel like you're watched on campus. You're in the classroom, professors are talking about it.
If you want the whole college basketball experience, you have to go to a game at Cameroon Indoor!
The Allstate March Mayhem Challenge is a great, great bracket challenge.
I just love playoff basketball.
March Madnesss...the only place where you hear 'Kansas is advancing.'
If we can lose 12 games every year and go to the Final Four every year, I'll take it. I'd rather do that than win 30 and not go to the Final Four.
Walking has been ridiculous in college basketball the past 15 years.
My favorite NBA team are the houston rockets and favorite college team are the duke blue devils.
The really amazing part, to me, was when Florida made it into the Final Four, the Democrats didn't demand a recount.
When you start using terms like national championship and playoffs, that's very rare air.
The only thing that matters in college basketball is going to the Final Four.
February is always a bad month for TV sports. Football is gone, basketball is plodding along in the annual midseason doldrums, and baseball is not even mentioned.
