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...but the wrong sport.
Is there any event that so consistently lives up to its reputation as the NCAA Tournament?
The NCAA Mens' Ice Hockey Tournament provides even more excitement. This is true even if you don't recognize that hockey is inherently a better game. Eight of the last sixteen finals have gone into overtime, and the sudden death nature of hockey overtime is really intense.
That does not include the 2004 Denver victory over Maine, which was a one goal game, where Denver spent the last minute and a half of the game two men shorthanded, and main skating with a 6-3 advantage.
Then there are the non-final games. St Lawrence and BU played four overtimes in a 2000 quarterfinal. Maine and Michigan played three OTs in a 1996 semifinal that featured Blaine Allison making two impossible saves on Michigan breakaways in extra time.
Also, there's only one timeout per team per game, and no incentive to foul, so the last minute of the game almost never takes more than three minutes to play. And, Billy Packer is nowhere to be found, though Tom Sagissor gives him a run for his money.
