For One Night, We Were All Vince Gill

The initial rush of excitement that the NCAA Tournament brings us often disguises the fact that the games themselves sometimes disappoint. The upsets we crave, the upsets that excite us about all this in the first place — the first weekend is always more of an "event" than the national championship game — don't come as often as we dream they do. There really weren't any major ones last year; we haven't had an epic one since Northwestern State over Iowa two years ago. But last night ... we almost had the greatest one of all. More »