This is Jimmy V week.

I did not know Jim Valvano. I never saw him play, never saw him coach. When he was cutting down the nets after winning the 1983 NCAA Basketball Tournament I was only 12 years old. I was unaware of Jim Valvano’s entire existence until this: It is odd going from being unaware of someone to feeling…

Win or go home.

Sixty-eight teams, sixty-five games, one champion. Win or go home. Nothing can be simpler. Win or go home. No second chances, no excuses just win the game in front of you. Beginning March 19, March Madness may be the most exciting 18 days in organized sports. Once a school makes the NCAA Basketball Tournament, they…