The best part of the NCAA tournament is, of course, all of the goofy things you can do with it. Over at Rock Chalk Talk I have been coming up with sometimes funny, sometimes informative, (sometimes neither) haiku for each NCAA tournament team (Inspired by Inside College Hockey). The tradition continues this year with every team in the field, except I’m going to exclude the play in game participants. Clearly that is the harshest penalty for having to play in Dayton. We begin out West, which for some reason is in the Northeast part of the bracket:
1. Arizona
Ranked First in KenPom
Known most for their great defense
But watch out for dunks
16. Weber State
Wildcats best known for
Alum Damian Lillard.
They’ll shoot tons of threes
8. Gonzaga
Zags shooting lights out
X Factor might be Stockton
David, not this one.
9. Oklahoma State
Flop flop flop flop flop
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5. Oklahoma
Sugar Bowl Champions
Can play some roundball as well
Thanks to Lon Kruger
12. North Dakota State
Won the Summit League
But they’re still the second best
Team in their own state
4. San Diego State
Aztecs can D up.
But who on their team can score?
Sub-100 O
13. New Mexico State
Bhullar hopes that he
Can turn Spokane, Washington
Into Sim City.
6. Baylor
Bears in a pattern:
Elite 8, then no tourney
Trend says Elite 8.
11. Nebraska
Wait, Nebraska hoops?
Tim Miles has Lincoln hoops mad
Go #Nebrasketball
3. Creighton
It’s McDermott’s World
We are just living in it.
14. Louisiana-Lafayette
More interesting:
Cajuns having first rounder
Or that great nickname?
7. Oregon
Hate tournament courts
Except when they save us from
10. BYU
Cougs can’t play Sunday
Even if they played Friday
Won’t be an issue
2. Wisconsin
Wisconsin stays close
Allowing fans to drive to
B1G Hockey Tourney
15. American
America’s team?
Nicknamed Eagles, and champs of
The Patriot League
