1. Conference Tournaments giving every team one last shot…

2. … even Illinois

3. The bubble … who’s in, who’s out?

4. Selection Sunday bursting bubbles

5. Filling out 10 different brackets …

6. … and not knowing which team to root for

7. Bobby Knight on ESPN

8. Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski doing what he does best

9. Kelvin Sampson not on the Indiana bench

10. Bill Self and Kansas underachieving

11. CBS’ theme song

12. A new batch of ads…

13. … and having the date of the Masters rammed into your memory

14. D.J. Augustin, legit NBA prospect

15. Darren Collison, same deal

16. Predicting the 12 vs. 5 upset …

17. … and hoping for a 16-seed to finally beat a No. 1

18. Remembering the 2005 Final Four run

19. Freshman sensation Michael Beasley

20. The “freshman fundamental” Kevin Love

21. Freshman phenom Derrick Rose

22. Diaper dandy O.J. Mayo

23. But not so much Eric Gordon

24. Buzzer-beaters

25. Illinois State?

26. UCLA making another Final Four run

27. North Carolina scoring 100 in the first round

28. Is Memphis legit?

29. “With a kiss!”

30. Is Drake the next MVC success story?

31. Davidson’s Stephen Curry scoring with ease

32. UConn center Hasheem Thabeet’s freakishly long arms

33. Tom Izzo making the Big Ten proud

34. Digger Phelps’ matching tie-highlighter combo

35. Not having to watch Illinois blow a 15-point lead

36. Replays of Christian Laettner

37. Replays of Bryce Drew

38. Gonzaga in the tournament again

39. Rick Pitino coaching another elite team

40. Baylor’s rise from the ashes

41. NCAA posterboy Tyler Hansbrough

42. Bracket-busting upsets

43. Not watching meaningless spring training

44. Which Indiana team shows up?

45. UCLA’s cheerleaders

46. Tennessee’s Chris Lofton drilling threes

47. Live look-ins

48. Double-overtime

49. The potential mascot fight

50. Clark Kellogg expressing his love for Ohio State

51. The Redwood that is Roy Hibbert

52. Where is Siena?

53. The sweet stroke of Shan Foster

54. Notre Dame’s versatile Luke Harongody

55. Office pools …

56. … and the least knowledgeable person winning

57. Watching every minute of the first two days of the tournament

58. The NIT – nothing like mediocre basketball

59. No homecourt advantage

60. March Madness extending into April

61. George Mason trying one more time

62. Cutting down the nets

63. No Dick Vitale on CBS

64. Predicting the Cinderella …

65. … and finding out who the slipper really fits.

Jeremy Werner is a junior in Communications. He can be reached at [email protected].