The Madness

Boy, were they in for a LONG night?!?! Maybe this is why they call the month of March "March Madness."The gift that kept on giving. No, I’m not talking about the claps, I was referring to overtime. There wasn’t any shortage of them last night in the Big East Tournament as the entire world saw Syracuse and UConn play themselves into arguably one of the greatest games of all time. With each passing extra period crept the question into my (and I’m sure plenty of others) mind, what if this game never ends?

Even now, hours after the game, I’m having a hard time putting into context what went down last night. I even turned away from watching The King record his third straight triple double against. It takes a lot for me to turn from a game in which Bron and Mo are participants. Come to think of it, the only thing that could pull me away is if a game had six overtimes…go figure.

“I’ve got no words,” Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim said when asked to describe the second-longest Division I game ever. “I’ve never been prouder of any team I’ve coached.”

The stats from this game were so inflated it’s rumored that Bud Selig is considered testing it for HGH. Fourteen minutes shy of four hours, the game saw a combined 244 points with 102 coming in the extra period. Eight players fouled out including co-Big East Player of the Year Hasheem Thabeet in the third OT.

As the second overtime turned to third and that turned into the fourth, the one thing in my mind and clearly evident from those on the sideline, all those who were participating were begging for the game to be over. It go to a point where either team didn’t care who got to bragging rights, the only post game press conference they were worried about was the one with their pillow in their hotel rooms later that.