Gio

You're a Johnny come lately.

I've seen Iowa beat Florida.

I disagree with that.

I think in theory you should get better games because the talent is the upper echelon.

So if that's your point, that's a fair point.

Well, I'm more excited.

But the tournament didn't become special because favorites won every game.

I get it.

And for the second consecutive year now, in the Sweet 16, there's not a single mid-major represented.

All teams on the left, all 16 of them, come from the major power conferences.

Now, maybe that's a good thing because we've got really competitive basketball from the Sweet 16 to the Elite 8 and on and on.

But it's not what the tournament's built on.

The tournament is built on the great upset.

The tournament is built on Valparaiso going to an Elite 8.

The tournament's not built on the Blue Bloods always advancing.

Now, you can't script it, obviously.

But St.

John's, to be fair...

Well, we think of them in romantic terms because of the history and the original Big East and Luke Carneseca against Jim Boeheim against Raleigh Massimino against John Thompson and on and on and on.

The St.