March at Columbia is a hopeful time of year. Crocuses cover the lawns near the mathematics quad, we hopefully get back decent midterm grades, and fond memories of spring break are still fresh in our minds. But all is not as placid as it may seem—March Madness, a fun, exciting, and inspiring time of year—is upon us.
Though we are usually cynical, something about the beginning of spring—and March Madness—makes us optimistic. The Ivy League has been involved in some of the most exciting storylines in college basketball recently, making us think, and hope, that schools in the Ivy League will have an increasingly competitive presence. Cornell made it to the Sweet 16 last year, Princeton and Harvard played in a playoff game deciding which school will go to the tournament, and Princeton pushed Kentucky to the final buzzer in one of the most exciting early-round games of the NCAA Tournament. Jeremy Lin, a graduate from Harvard, is playing in the NBA this year.
