What is More Than March?

I realize that the web address "More Than March" is a head-scratcher if you don't know what it means. I wish I could tell you that once I explain where I got it from, it will all make sense. But I'm hesitant to do that because I know that once I lay the meaning out there, my sanity will no longer be a question. Because you will know that when it comes to college basketball, I have none.

Eh. Such is life.

On March 15th of this year I wrote these words;

Some folks may think that March Madness doesn't begin until conference tournaments or even Selection Sunday.

These folks, would be wrong.

This is a process that begins never stops. It is continuous. College basketball may end for some in early April, but for many, the lack of analysts and brackets doesn't mean the end has arrived.

I am one of those people that start counting the weeks until "midnight madness". I read too many articles and know too many numbers that in the end will get me nowhere in the real world. But I do it. I cannot explain it, but like ESPN says, "it's not crazy, it's sports".

However, I do recognize that one has to possess a certain level of insanity to love sports. But with that said, I go back to the subject at hand; March Madness. As I said before, I love and hate this time of year. Part of the reason I hate I blame purely on the level of insanity I possess. I love college basketball all the time. Not just throughout the month of March and it irrationally bugs me that once brackets come out, "fans" and "experts" just start popping out...please realize that, yes, I do know it's irrational. 

This has always been the case. It's comically sad to me to hear people doing brackets based off of mascots, team colors or whatever irrelevant reason makes sense to them and them alone. There is more to college basketball then what takes place between mid-March and the beginning of April. College basketball is an ongoing process. Maybe not for fans, but for coaches and players, they keep going long after Dick Vitale and the cameras are gone. This is a sport that gets my blood pumping and my heart racing just talking about it to another living being.

Who am I kidding? That's happening right now typing these very words as I listen to the slow defeat of the Carolina Panthers. Summer months are painful unless you love baseball. But football is here which means we're one step closer to the start of college basketball.

So if you had questioned the meaning behind the name, now you know...

It's so much more than March.