There were several levels of madness on Sunday’s NCAA Tournament Selection Show. There was the fact that the bracket announcement dragged on longer than the final 45 minutes of the movie Titanic.
There was the absurd comedy of Charles Barkley mashing a
touchscreen and failing miserably.
Charles Barkley with a touchscreen is your uncle trying a tablet for the first time pic.twitter.com/Q6pRbNLOho— The Cauldron (@TheCauldron) March 13, 2016
There was the fact that Turner Sports continues to
shoehorn Barkley and Kenny Smith into the NCAA Tournament. I like Kenny and
Charles, and think that they produce amusing, fun television on Inside the NBA.
But that’s their lane; that’s where they are supposed to be experts. They don’t
follow enough college basketball (or couldn’t possibly) know enough about
college basketball because of their regular gig. Turner/CBS should just use CBB
folks for the tournament studio coverage.
And who can forget the bracket leaking on Twitter. That person, well, as someone else tweeted on Sunday:
So there was a lot to mock and snark on. However, one of
the major storylines that came out of the selection show is not something to
laugh at.
It was the declaration by the selection committee that
the gulf between the haves and have nots continues to grow.
Le “mid major” is dead. Vive le power school.
