SALT LAKE CITY - MARCH 25: Andy Rautins #1 of the Syracuse Orange in action against the Butler Bulldogs during the west regional semifinal of the 2010 NCAA men's basketball tournament at the Energy Solutions Arena on March 25, 2010 in Salt Lake City, Utah. (Photo by Jed Jacobsohn/Getty Images)
As a lifelong Syracuse Basketball fan, March Madness became a month-long holiday for me. Imagine that is the way for so many of us who have trudged up to the Dome in the middle of a snowstorm, knowing we earned this celebration of spring arriving.
I was fortunate enough to grow into my love of basketball during one of the true best stretches in Syracuse’s program history.