March Madness? More like March Sadness

March Madness? More like March Sadness

This article is about the development of the Creighton University Men's Basketball team over the past couple of years. It reminisces on the good times and it reminds me of the bitter end of the season which occurred on Sunday, March 23rd against the Baylor Bears. It summarizes the contributions each of this years seniors had for the program and how their legacy has made a name for Creighton basketball and put them on the map. It tells about how although this historic season has come to an end the best is yet to come for the Creighton Men's basketball program because of what this team did.

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This article really hits home to me. It is about the thing I am most passionate about in this world, Creighton basketball. I have been a Creighton fan since birth and have attended more Creighton games than I will ever be able to count. I can name countless players off the top of my head that I have idolized over the years and have shed countless tears over.  I have witnessed a great transformation of the Creighton program over the past couple of years. I am also 100% convinced it is because of the great players that were in this year's senior class. The transformation I witnessed involved the Creighton program going from a program without any national recognition in a conference no one really cares about to a major competitor on the national level in one of the Big Six conferences. This team will always have a special place in my heart and I will never ever forget what they did this season and over their long careers as college basketball players. If you are not familiar with the Creighton basketball team and their roster the four seniors on the team this year were Jahenns Manigat, Ethan Wragge, Grant Gibbs and Doug McDermott. These four men helped this team do things that could never have been thought of for Creighton. They went above and beyond in their contributions for the program but yet they still fell short when they lost to Baylor. They deserved so much more than what happened on that sad Sunday night in March. I truly believed with all my heart that this team could have made it deep into the tournament with a possible Final Four run and even possibly a national championship but they didn't even hit the Sweet Sixteen. This is what turned this year's March Madness into my March Sadness. I was and I still am devastated by this loss because the only thing they deserved, in my mind, was a national championship. Although from the start I knew it was unlikely, but it was possible because anything can happen during this crazy month of March. But, this season has come to an end for my beloved Jays and I have to say goodbye to Jahenns, Ethan, Grant and Doug. I have to stay positive for the next generation of Creighton players and hope that this team has set the foundation for the great things that are to come. I am scared. I am scared for the future of the Creighton program but I am also excited. I am excited to witness the final year of "my dude", Avery Dingman. I am excited to see Creighton's recruiting take off getting prospects that would never have considered going to Creighton when they were only in the Valley. But most of all, I will always be excited to watch the future of Creighton basketball develop. Well there is one last thing I would like to say. Jahenns, Ethan, Grant and Doug, it's been real, it's been fun, it's been real fun.