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March Madness: My Two Cents

Every March, I say this at least once, and I think most people just politely ignore me.   However, I think I shall say it again, just in case.....

The annual college basketball tournament has a couple catchy phrases:  "Sweet Sixteen" and "Final Four". 

The phrase usually used for this week in between Sweet Sixteen and The Final Four is usually called "Elite Eight".  Say Elite Eight out loud.  I think it falls pretty darn flat.  Not only that, it's a bit of a tongue twister.

However, just reverse the two words, and I think it can hold its own with the other two phrases.  Try it:  "Eight Elite".  Say it out loud.  Hear the difference?

I swear, one of these years, I am going to start a letter writing and email campaign to all the TV, radio, and print journalists to please start saying "Eight Elite".

9 comments • Cheryl Johnson • March 29 2008 06:31AM

Comments

Go ahead give it a try.  I am just glad it doesn't drag on any longer than it does already.
Posted by John Walters (Licensed in Slidell, Louisiana) (Slidell, Pearl River, Lacombe) over 2 years ago
Cheryl, it doesn't really matter taht much considering that the teams that won last night and the teams that win tonight are in the "Elite Eight" for a maximum of 48 hours and then they go home or become the "Final Four." Not much of a designation actually.
Posted by Steve Hoffacker - Real Estate Sales & Marketing Consulting and Strategies (Hoffacker Associates LLC) over 2 years ago
You didn't get much sleep last night, did you?  Steve is right tho...it's short lived.
Posted by RE/MAX of Cherry Hill over 2 years ago
Yea, start a campaign, you go girl.
Posted by Missy Caulk-Ann Arbor- Realtor(R)- Ann Arbor Real Estate (Keller Williams-Ann Arbor) over 2 years ago
I love that sound.  I love that sound.  I love that sound.  Is that 10 words so I get points. : )
Posted by Barbara S. Duncan ABR, CRS, GRI, e-PRO Searcy AR (RE/MAX Advantage) over 2 years ago
Cheryl, if I can pry my husband's attention away from the TV I will mention it to him and see if we can get a rally going.  :)
Posted by Maureen Henry - Rockland Home Staging over 2 years ago
I just can't get excited about it (even if my alma mater, Gonzaga, DOES have a great basketball team). Football is another thing - I can get worked up about it.

Is it over yet? I never know.
Posted by Mary Pope-Handy, ABR, CRS, ePRO, SRES, ASP (Sereno Group Real Estate) over 2 years ago

Cheryl, we were One and Done at the University of Arizona this year, so I'm with Mary.  No biggie.  LOL

Mike in Tucson

Posted by Mike Jones (SUNSTREET MORTGAGE, LLC) over 2 years ago

Everybody  -- This is really more about linguistics than it is about basketball.   Which phrasing sounds "peppier" to you? 

Elite Eight    or

Eight Elite

 

Posted by Cheryl Johnson, Bob Taylor Properties, Inc., Los Angeles, CA over 2 years ago

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