65 teams have elevated themselves to the top level. Once they make it that far they then compete in a winner-take-all tournament where the winner goes on to fight again and the loser goes home with a bad taste in their mouth.
It is so fascinating to me, every team has an equal opportunity at the title. Wether a team is seeded 1 or 16, they start each game with 0 points.
You can ask Luke, I have been watching a TON of basketball the last three days (My bracket is currently winning in our pool). I have now come to some sort of epiphany. The NCAA tournament kind of represents a lie in the minds of Americans. Don't get me wrong, it is an amazing couple of weeks of basketball and constantly inspiring. The thing of it is, the whole premise of the tournament is that there is one path to success, there is no other way.
This is something that, for me, means a lot. Right now, most of my peers are awaiting letters from schools and applying for scholarships. I guess that is what I SHOULD be doing according to the culture. If I want to be "successful" I go to a four year school and get a degree in something useful. Here's the problem: I don't feel the need to make a bunch of money.
If I can have I job that I love and afford the basics, what else do I need.
We'll see what happens, with my life and the Big Dance. (Go Memphis!)
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