Chaotic Week Reminds Us To Stay Calm

Normally, Florida State losing to Georgia Tech and Syracuse back to back would raise concerns. Butler losing to Georgetown would be worrisome. Villanova losing to Marquette, Kentucky losing to Tennessee and North Carolina getting killed by Miami would all get your legs trembling. For some reason this year, they don't do that. College basketball is filled with a magic word called "parity." Everyone's heard it over the last two seasons, and now it has come to the forefront this week. 

We all have to remember something: all champions have blemishes. Last year, Villanova was blown out by Oklahoma in November. They then blasted the Sooners in the Final Four en route to a national championship. 2015 Duke lost back to back conference games to NC State and Miami and turned out fine. 2014 UCONN was a 7-seed. No champion is perfect, so we should stop expecting perfection out of these teams every night. It's not going to happen. 

We have to be calm. The college basketball world didn't suffer an earth-shattering earthquake because Notre Dame lost two in a row. And it won't do the same because of Villanova, or Kentucky or any other team. This past week has been crazy. Teams have lost games that they probably shouldn't have. But don't let that deter you from being confident in a certain team's chances to win the whole thing. Instead be happy that we have about 12 teams that CAN win the whole thing. 

So to channel Aaron Rodgers, relax. Your team is fine. 

Unless it's Indiana, then you're finished.