Where is Cinderella?

Michael Giberson

Coyote Blog asks, “Where is Cinderella?

The first two rounds of the NCAA basketball championship have been played (round three is underway as I type), and nowhere to be seen is a surprise team like last year’s George Mason University.

The best answer I have seen is that of Phil Sheridan, in The Philadelphia Inquirer: Mid-majors that roar are winnowed out. While normally I’m not much for conspiracy theories, when the conspiracy fits with the interests of television and the dominant sports conferences … well, that’s a powerful aligning of interests.

Want to know what happened to Cinderella? I’d put the wicked stepsisters at the top of the list of suspects.

1 thought on “Where is Cinderella?”

  1. Maybe no Cinderellas, but the first four games of round 3 have been highly competitive, and I’m hopeful that will continue.

    Remember we paid a price for George Mason’s run last year. Sure, it was a lot of fun. But it ended up contributing to a HORRIBLE final four. There was no way they could repeat what they did against UConn, essentially playing at home and getting an incredible 3-point hotstreak, but still barely surviving overtime. Florida-UConn would have been a classic matchup.

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