I watched the Mens' College Basketball Championship game between the North Carolina Tarheels and the Michigan State University Spartans last night. Each of the schools has won multiple national championships, and each has one with their current coaches, Tom Izzo from MSU and Roy Williams from UNC, but their programs are vastly different.Michigan State roster is overwhelmingly from the midwest, with all but two players from Big Ten states (although one of those two is from Nigeria). All of the announced starters were either from Michigan or Ohio.
The Tarheels are a national crew, with each of the five starters from a different state. While six of the seventeen players on the roster are from North Carolina, none of the starters are from the Tarheel State. They are from California, New York, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Maryland. Only Maryland is an Atlantic Coast Conference state. On the entire roster of 17 players, nine states are represented.
The game was played in Detroit, and MSU was a sentimental favorite. In the end, the Heels stomped the Spartans. There's usually a reason why an underdog is an underdog.
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Hate the Dallas Cowboys! Hate the Pittsburg Steelers! Hate the New England Patriots! Hate the Yankees!
He's a real fan of the Overcat! Nope, you're right you never hear that one. When Polly is in trouble, it's hip, hip, hip and away I go..............
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Sorry; was some culturally important sports thingie happening? Missed it as usual.
Damn that Yahtzee.
Yahtzee's cool. So's Scrabble. It was just basketball, John. The office pool's the think with the college basketball playoffs. We don't have one, so, well, I could just as easily been playing Yahtzee, too.
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