Spoiled With Upsets: Why we no longer appreciate ALL of the underdogs

            Upsets are what set the NCAA basketball tournament apart from every other major sporting event. American sports fans, from the diehard to the most casual, get sucked in every year by the prospect of seeing previously unheralded teams winning games against major conference foes.             This “anything can happen” climate drives fan interest in the event, to the point where people who don’t know O.J. Mayo from O.J. Simpson fill out a bracket and root for “their” teams. And even the rare few without a bracket can quickly hop aboard and root for the team in the dark jersey with the larger number next to their name.             Not too long ago, all that was hoped for from the perennial “little guy” was to hang with a superior team for 40 minutes, and get a little lucky to pull off a ... (link)