{"id":3795,"date":"2013-03-21T14:28:12","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/?p=3795"},"modified":"2013-03-21T14:32:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-21T18:32:35","slug":"march-madness-anonymous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013\/03\/march-madness-anonymous\/","title":{"rendered":"March Madness Anonymous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/2013\/03\/march-madness-anonymous\/roll_around_rim_hg_wht-basketball\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3801\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3801\" alt=\"roll_around_rim_hg_wht basketball\" src=\"http:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/03\/roll_around_rim_hg_wht-basketball-240x200.gif\" width=\"240\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/03\/roll_around_rim_hg_wht-basketball-240x200.gif 240w, https:\/\/www.trinitydc.edu\/president\/files\/2013\/03\/roll_around_rim_hg_wht-basketball-156x130.gif 156w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe it&#8217;s only me.\u00a0\u00a0 Maybe everyone else is madly filling out brackets while I&#8217;m here scratching my head wondering what all the fuss is about.\u00a0 Am I the only one who finds the whole <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/march-madness\">March Madness<\/a> thing a bit much?\u00a0 Like fantasy baseball, mastering drywall, and sitting in the conclave, there are entire life experiences that I may never quite enjoy with quite the robustness of, let&#8217;s be honest, men.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I am a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guhoyas.com\/trads\/gu-hoya.html\">Hoya<\/a>, at least by some distant connection via Georgetown Law School.\u00a0 And yes, there was a time when I actually did go to some games, even in the skybox at the then-Cap Centre.\u00a0 I worked in Georgetown Development during <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1984_NCAA_Men%27s_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament\">That Championship Year<\/a> in 1984 and even thrilled to stand next to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/history\/players\/ewing_summary.html\">Patrick Ewing<\/a> one day at <a href=\"http:\/\/georgetown.patch.com\/listings\/wisemillers-grocery-deli\">Wisemiller&#8217;s<\/a> during the off-season.\u00a0 He was very, very tall.\u00a0 But that was long, long ago&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Since then,\u00a0 I&#8217;ve sworn-off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/dc-sports-bog\/wp\/2013\/03\/21\/the-giant-inflatable-bulldog-mascot-in-georgetown\/\">giant inflatable bulldogs<\/a> and hollering out, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoyasaxa.com\/sports\/hoia.htm\">Hoya Saxa!<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0 Really.<\/p>\n<p>March Madness blooms again as sure as the dandelions creeping across my front yard.\u00a0 And of course, I wish the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hoyasaxa.com\/sports\/colors.htm\">Blue and Gray<\/a> every success, and may even cheer for the home team if (when) they reach the Final Four this year.<\/p>\n<p>I only have one wish:\u00a0 will the guys cheer as loud and long for the <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/womens-college-basketball\/bracketology\">women&#8217;s teams<\/a> as they expect us to cheer for them?<\/p>\n<p>How about you?\u00a0 Have you filled in your brackets?\u00a0 Or are you, like me, a charter member of March Madness Anonymous?\u00a0 Let me know by commenting below&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you into March Madness or could you care 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