When you think about it, the celebrated HBO show Game of Thrones is just NCAA tournament basketball on a more serious level. The principle is the same though: you just wait to see who’s going to get knocked off next and who will outlast everyone else and sit on the championship throne.
Fortunately the NCAA deaths are only metaphorical and everyone goes home and gets on with their lives. Peace returns after the chaos and excitement.
On Thursday, the chaos was pretty good and excitement was nearly supreme.
Maryland barely survived Belmont. Yale pushed LSU. Minnesota sent a Louisville team home, one that never seemed to recover from Duke’s stunning comeback on their home court.