The Fave 5: Underdog U Has Arrived

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Caution: The Fave 5 is unfiltered, unapologetic, and completely uncensored!

5. Ndamukong Suh

The boy named Suh is the last big name free agent on the market and he is playing the game the right way by biding his time, allowing teams to court him, while fans in Tennessee, New Orleans, L.A., and Dallas are all biting their nails hoping their teams land the league’s resident bully.

4. Sister Jean

The 2018 NCAA Tournament Cinderella is a 97-year-old chaplain for the Sweet Sixteen bound Loyola-Chicago basketball team. Sister Jean has been a beloved figure on the north side Chicago campus for quite some time, but now America is falling in love with her. Some are saying she is the best nun from Chicago since Sister Stigmata.

3. Upset Beatdowns

The buzzer beaters and the late game comebacks from big deficits are all well and good but the best upsets are the ones where the underdogs have been able to celebrate for the final 5 minutes of these insane tournament games. Buffalo and UMBC in particular were able to smile from ear to ear as America watched them mollywop Arizona and Virginia respectively. Also, see the two favorites panic and cope with what is about to happen to them when the clock hits all zeroes is some of the best television one could imagine.

2. Angry Alvin Gentry

While some people are correctly claiming that James Harden’s impeccable ability to act on a basketball court worked Gentry into a shoot about referees and a $15,000 fine from the NBA, Gentry still comes out of the Houston loss looking strong. His fire and awareness of the gravity of the these games was a huge breathe of fresh air. For all of those Pelicans fans who think Gentry says nothing and lacks fir ein his belly, this man is a schemer, not a talker; and he had a plan that was foiled by a crafty player. Alvin Gentry lost that battle but proved that he can get angry which should galvanize his players and hopefully some fans.

1. UMBC

Let them forever be known as Underdog U. There might be more to come, but UMBC will always be the first 16 to beat a 1.