NCAA Tournament: Hoops Haiku
Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 2:25PM 
By JOHN P. WISE
One Great Season
It's the second weekend of the best sporting event in America, the NCAA Tournament.
And what better way is there to celebrate the arrival of the Sweet Sixteen than by writing a bunch of short-form poems? That's right, it's time for Hoops Haiku.
Read these terrible shorts and then share your own below. Remember, it's three lines, with five syllables in the first, then seven, then five.
Cornell Kentucky
Can David beat Goliath?
Outlook isn't good
West Virginia is
Missing its starting point guard
But Huggs will still win
The Sweet Sixteen is
The second weekend of the
Best month of the year
College basketball's
Tournament shows us who's best
BCS, ya heard?
Young gladiators
Push and bang and sweat and bleed
To bring dreams to life
A three from long range
Or an easy deuce down low
Score, win and advance
Pep bands and their tunes
The tournament atmosphere
Yes, yes, yes we do
This one sent in by Jarod Daily, from Little Rock, Ark:
Oh, my poor bracket.
Crazy weekend dealt some blows.
But it's still been fun!
Click here to submit your haiku, or leave one in the Comments section.
NCAA Tournament 
Reader Comments (3)
My school won the game
I loved seeing Georgetown lose
Bobcats made me proud
Well done, Kristen D.
Your haiku was excellent.
Thanks for sharing it.
Brackets in tatters
Before the round of sixteen
Story of my life