Mr. CIAA

I friend asked in a email today about what was appealing in college basketball.
I can sum it up with Mr. CIAA.

Abraham "Ham" Mitchell or Mr. CIAA. He is a man who dresses in different and very dapper, bright clothes every half hour at the CIAA championship tournament. He embodies the spirit of the underdogs. That is why I love watching the Big Dance, to see who is going to upset who.
Mr. CIAA make watching this underdog tournament fun and unique! He adds a different flavor to this tournament, like finding a really good BBQ joint that only you know of in a small town.

I love the underdogs, just like most Americans. We are a country who loves the common, the mutt, the David. We want to see the team who gets no respect prove the experts wrong and win instead of going home.

The CIAA is a division two conference and the winner of the tournament gets an automatic bid into the Big Dance, March Madness, the premier collegiate tournament in the states! This is a underdog conference and the winner gets a chance to run with the bigger schools of division one.

They get to shine on a national stage! No usually they don't last long but that doesn't mean that they won't this time!

Elizabeth City State is taking on Virginia Union and the winner is getting their ticket punched for the Dance while the loser is going home. Mr. CIAA has made his first appearance in a periwinkle blue suit and is due for another in a matter of minutes!

When I fill out my many brackets in the office pool this year I probably won't take the winner of this game to advance far but that doesn't mean I won't be rooting for them if they do.