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It’s March.

What’s not to love?

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Ah, March Madness.

Ain’t life grand?

Sorry if I seem a bit sentimental about this time of year, but there is nothing in sports quite like March Madness. The bracket. The games. The upsets. The one shining moments.

March Madness begins in earnest this weekend with Selection Sunday. Then by the end of next week, the games will begin.

Is there anything better than the first two days of the tournament? Thursday and Friday. The games start before noon and don’t end until midnight. You can watch the start in your pajamas and the end in your pajamas. And I guess if you’re lucky enough, you can just leave your pajamas on all day, never leave the house and watch ball all day.

The great thing about March Madness is that it offers something for everyone. Die-hard sports fans love March Madness, but so do folks who don’t know the difference between Duke and Duquesne.

The tournament becomes the talk of the nation for three weeks. It’s the single greatest stretch on the sports calendar.

There are better single days, of course. The Super Bowl, namely. But at no other time do you have one sporting event hold our interest like March Madness.

And it really doesn’t matter how good the basketball is. There can be a ton of upsets. There can be none. Doesn’t really matter. Everyone loves March Madness from the announcement of the first bracket through all the live look-ins at random regional sites to that final game.

So, forgive me if I get a little sentimental about March Madness. It’s only the most wonderful time of the year.