The hardwood primaries
There's another set of "primaries" going on: Those smaller college hoop conference tourneys that help build the field for March Madness. My take on them, and my visit to one night of games.
Dispatches from March Madness in Brooklyn – 2014
As we approach the Final Four this weekend in North Dallas, I’m reminded that my bracket was trashed at about 4:30 p.m. on the first day of the tourney two weeks ago. But my journey into March Madness began a week earlier in the borough of Brooklyn… For almost anyone, doing the same thing for 12 hours straight – work, school, play, watching TV, reading, etc. – presents challenges that range from exhaustion to boredom. Yet this is exactly what I chose to do on March 14, focusing on one of…