Shut up and Dance!

With yesterday’s NCAA tournament brackets being revealed last night, let the debates begin. Or wait, actually don’t. Everyone shut up and dance!

Every year, I have to hear how some bubble teams shouldn’t have gotten in and took the spot from teams that should have gotten in. Yes, Arizona State you may have been the 35th best team in the country, but honestly who cares? Honestly, I would rather see no name USA take Butler to the wire than see you go one game and down. If you are counting on and crying about your RPI to get you in, you probably don’t have any business being there. If you win then you are in. So please shut up and dance!

Secondly, I keep hearing some teams got screwed by getting put into certain brackets. Sorry, Tennessee playing UCLA, Kansas or a revenge hungry Memphis in the Elite Eight is not going to be easier than your match up with the Tar Heels of North Carolina. You are a two seed. You did not earn better. You’re argument is like saying, “We don’t want to play the Patriots, we want the Colts.” You have to play to win. Shut up and dance!

Something else that bothers me is the complaining about where teams play there games. As a diehard born and bred Memphis Tigers fan, yes I did say Memphis, it does concern me that my Tigers will potentially have to play the two seeded Texas Longhorns at San Antonio in the Elite Eight. You don’t always get what you want, there is no such thing as an easy trip to an NCAA title. And Gonzaga Davidson doesn’t sell out games in their home gym, why are they going to sell out something four times that size two hours away. Shut up and dance!

Finally, seeding. Lets talk about it. Yes there are teams that possibly could have been seeded higher or a little lower. Oregon may be slightly over rated as a nine seed, but they have to play a one seeded Memphis if they win. Please tell me how they got lucky? By the way here is a little bracket advice for everyone. IF THE TEAM HAS A BETTER SEED THEN THEY ARE PROBABLY GOING TO WIN. You are not a professional. The people that make these brackets are much smarter than all of us. Look back at last thirty Final Fours. There are only four teams seeded lower than six. There a lot of 1’s and 2’s, some 3’s, and a few 4’s and 5’s. The reason we are still talking about George Mason three years later is because that doesn’t happen, but once in a lifetime. So don’t be dumb.

Shut up and dance!