The Madness Has Begun

Today FishbowlNY had lunch over at the CBS Broadcast Center for its 12-hour NCAA Basketball Championship Tip-Off Party, where sports journalists, agents and assorted executives gathered for cold-cuts, cold drinks and regionally-tuned flat panel TVs. Say what you want about college basketball, but this time of year grown, professional media people — many of whom wouldn’t know Mike Krzyzewski if he fell onto the hoods of their cars — become strangely knowledgable about Wichita State University’s athletic recruitment program.