Bah hoopbug

I picked UNC to win it all, but was nowhere near winning any money in my pools thanks to choosing too many upsets except for the ones that actually came through. I will say that the March Madness on Demand product was great for tonight because I could watch the game on my computer while catching my other Monday viewing options on the TV. With the way the game turned out, it was best to find other options.

And with the game being such a blowout and my needing to catch up on other shows (including a very shocking and depressing "House"), I find no need to catch "One Shining Moment," one of the most overrated sports traditions out there. It's not so much the music itself -- it's a sappy '80s song, sure, but I can dig cheese like that. It's the fact that at its core, it's just a bunch of tournament highlights running about 10-15 minutes after the game has finished.

Honestly, as soon as the game finishes, I'm switching to ESPN or something for highlights, or to my DVR to watch what I missed during the game. When I used to work nights, that time right after the game was always a mad scramble to get things organized for postgame coverage. When I watched it at a sports bar, that was the time to settle up and head home.

On the other hand, you have to think that this love for "One Shining Moment" means people still love a good specialized highlights package. Just think about how highlights packages have evolved. I used to really love Warner Wolf's "Plays of the Month" or Len Berman's "Spanning the Globe" features once a month. Now you get them every night on SportsCenter with the top 10 plays, and even more specialized on Baseball Tonight with Web Gems. So maybe there's something to be said about the interest for clips of games that in some cases were a couple of weeks old (an eternity in today's world).