Frank Robertson's Blog

After a weekend of wall to wall basketball, I realize what I love about the NCAA tournament.  It's "David vs. Goliath" match-ups that sometimes produce surprising results.  Winthrop's opening round victory over Notre Dame is the best example of what can happen in a one loss and you're out format. 

The beauty of the small school versus "Big Time" program is that it could never happen in football.  I'm not even aware that Winthrop has a football team, but I am sure that the Fighting Irish would never be on their schedule.

Unfortunately, Winthrop's brief run through the tournament ended on the weekend, but its fans can still savor that opening round win.  For now,  Butler can carry the banner of the mid majors into the Sweet 16.  Unfortunately, for the Bulldogs, their next opponent is Florida.  At times on Sunday, the Gators looked vulnerable, but still won.  So, it occurs to me their best basketball may still lie ahead.