After a month of March Madness, US college basketball is down to the Final Four this weekend. The field may have narrowed to The Kentucky Wildcats, Wisconsin Badgers, Michigan State Spartans and Duke Blue Devils, but this is still a touch call.
The Kentucky Wildcats started the Madness as a strong favorite for the national crown and they still are, but that doesn’t mean that the 2015 Final Four is a forgone conclusion. The Wisconsin Badgers have looked good in the tourney so far and there is no reason why they couldn’t beat Kentucky, the unbeaten favorites. Tom Izzo guided number 7 seed Michigan State to the title in the South Regional and his Spartans may have the battling qualities to upset Mike Krzyzewski’s Duke.
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US men's college basketball championship takes place in Indianapolis this weekend.
The locals are trying not to look worried, but there's got to be some concern in Indianapolis that, with so much attention focused on their city, there could be a public backlash to new anti-gay law in the state of Indiana legalizing discrimination. Hopefully no gay college basketball players will be refused service.
Last week, the
NCAA was the first athletics organization to speak out, saying in a statement that it would “closely examine the implications” of the law, which goes into effect in July.
“[Inclusion and diversity] are values that are fundamental to what college athletics are all about and what higher education is all about,” Emmert said Monday. “For us personally in the NCAA, this is a big deal. We’re very proud of the inclusive environment in our office. We’re very proud of the environment that we’ve created here and we don’t want to lose that. We don’t want to have it put at risk.”
