With Uconn defeating Butler in last nights National Championship game, the College Basketball season came to an end.
At a first look back at the season, I thought this years college basketball season was a very intriguing season. There were lots of teams that thought they had a chance to win it all. I couldn't remember the last time the NCAA field was this wide open. At the start of the year I thought Duke was the overwhelming favorite. If Kyrie Irving didn't come down with his injury that sidelined him for 26 games this year, Duke may have been the Champion. However, now that the season is over that is all a what if.
The reason I thought the season was an intriguing season may of been the amount of games I watched. Last year I barely watched any college basketball. That was mostly because of the 2010 Winter Olympics and the cruise that I went on. This year was a bit different. I found myself excited for the college basketball games. It didn't matter if it was a Huskies game that night or a ACC game. I was excited.
During the season I always thought that this years March Madness had the ingredients to be an outstanding tournament. Especially, with BYU and San Diego State fighting it out for the Moutian West Title and possibly a #1 seed. I thought this years college basketball season would be a season to remember.
We all know how the MWC ended in the regular season. Jimmer Ferdette and the BYU Cougars won the regular season title. The Cougars cruised to the MWC Tournament Championship game and losing to their conference rival San Deigo State. It was a great storyline to follow for most of the year. To see two mid majors in the Top 10 for most of the year should help College Basketball. With BYU going to the WCC next year it will be interesting to see the rivalry between BYU, Gonzaga and St. Mary's.
Over the course of the season I watched at least one basketball game a day. In fact, even when I wasn't watching any games I was keeping an eye on the scores. For me, it would be hard to pick out one game and say that was the best game of the year. I could bee a Husky homer and say that the Apple Cup in the Pac 10 Quarter Final was the best game of the year. On the flip side if the would of lost that game I would be saying that was the worst game of the year. So I'm just going to say that I witnessed a lot of great games this year.
My favorite thing about this years tournament was that I won my families pool. With my number third pick in this years draft I picked the Uconn Huskies. I picked them because they were playing close to home during the first week, I thought they had a pretty easy path to the Elite 8 and their super star Kemba Walker. With me winning the pool I won $9.
All in all I thought it was a good year of College Hoops. For the first time ever I watched the Tipoff Marathon in November. I watched 20 out of the 37 Washington Huskies games which is a personal best. In fact, I went to a Huskies game this year. Despite the loss I had loads of fun. In General, I thought the Washington Huskies had a good season. The Huskies played inspiring basketball for most of the year. The Huskies impressed me the most when they played without Starting Point Guard Abdul Gaddy got the season ending injury in early January. With a few breaks this team definitely could of made it to the Elite 8.
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