Why, "The Big Dance"?

[yyz]

Why is it called that? It's not a dance.

:facepalm:

And even if it was a dance, why would you get your, "ticket punched"?

Oh, and what does Cinderella have to do with it?

 

[MadJack]

• No sport has as many ?Cinderella teams? as the college basketball tourney. And what did Cinderella do? She went to the Big Dance.
• To get into the tourney, teams are given a special invitation by the committee?this has been referred to as ?punching their tickets? like a dance card.
• Teams move across the court like an effortless Quickstep or a highly syncronized group Waltz.
• Players jump, leap, twirl, hop, glide and soar like graceful ballerina?s through the air.
• Nigel Lythgoe (producer: American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Superstars of Dance) coined the term so he can buy out CBS?s contract and turn March Madess into Fox?s next great Reality Dancing Show

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/150718-dancing-with-the-ncaa-why-its-called-the-big-dance

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[yyz]

• No sport has as many ?Cinderella teams? as the college basketball tourney. And what did Cinderella do? She went to the Big Dance.
• To get into the tourney, teams are given a special invitation by the committee?this has been referred to as ?punching their tickets? like a dance card.
• Teams move across the court like an effortless Quickstep or a highly syncronized group Waltz.
• Players jump, leap, twirl, hop, glide and soar like graceful ballerina?s through the air.
• Nigel Lythgoe (producer: American Idol, So You Think You Can Dance, Superstars of Dance) coined the term so he can buy out CBS?s contract and turn March Madess into Fox?s next great Reality Dancing Show

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/150718-dancing-with-the-ncaa-why-its-called-the-big-dance

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Bullshit.......

 

[Penguinfan]

[*]Teams move across the court like an effortless Quickstep or a highly syncronized group Waltz.

Not the teams I bet on.