March Madness Needs Gus Johnson

Athlon adds some 'Rise and Fire' to a lackluster tournament.

March Madness has lacked some excitement this year, and one reason seems obvious. Besides badly-officiated contests, a lack of shooters and no buzzer-beaters, the missing ingredient has to be the absence of Gus Johnson announcing games. We have compiled some of his past tournament gems, along with some other great calls from the man who gets buckets.

2006 – UCLA 73, Gonzaga 71

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No Need to Expand the NCAA Tournament

The March Madness field is perfect at 64 teams.

--By Patrick Snow (@AthlonSnowman)

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UConn, Illinois, Memphis and NC State Lead Bubble Talk

Some traditional powers will miss the NCAA Tournament.

Which NCAA Tournament bubble team had the most damaging loss over the weekend?

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