March Madness

I think one of my favorite sporting events is the NCAA College Basketball Tournament. I think this might have something to do with me and my family moving to Chapel Hill, home of the Tar Heels, when I was an impressionable little dude of 6. College Basketball in that neck of the woods (Duke is just down the road, and Wake Forest and NC State aren't that far away) is just as big a deal as football is at UF.
Back then, my allegiance was with the Tar Heels, helped along by my sister going to UNC. I still root for the Heels, and I'm oddly happy when Duke loses, as they did tonight in the first round of the tournament. Heh!
While I still might call the color of the sky on a clear day "Carolina blue," I've obviously switched my allegiance to the Gators. I remember when they got to the Final Four for the first time. I was a sophmore and I lived in the dorms. Everyone had the games on in the dorm rooms, and I can remember the sounds of the cheers from across the way when they won the Elite Eight game.
As one could imagine, I went completely ape sh*t when the Gators won the thing last year. Of course, I'm gunning for them to win it again this year, although repeating is actually very hard to do.
I must say it has been a very good year for Gator sports.