Jake Yono
JY Journalism
3/27/23
The Greatest 2 Weeks of the Sports Year
A spinoff of Jim Nantz’s article in Golf Digest
Hello, my people, Today I’m going to be analyzing and breaking down Jim Nantz announcer for CBS who calls the NCAA Tournament (March Madness) and the Masters the week after the Final Four of the men’s basketball tournament.
This year the final four and the national championship are on the weekend of April 1st. Then the masters are starting April 6th and going through Sunday, April 9th. I personally believe that CBS has got itself the greatest 2 sporting events of the entire calendar year. There really is no other period in the year where it is just constant exciting sporting events back-to-back. My other very underdog contender is during October when the MLB World Series is on, the NFL is in full traction, the NBA is on, and College Football and NCAAB are starting up. Even with these having a thrilling end to the March Madness championship than a historic weekend at Augusta National Golf Club I think all of this beats out the MLB World Series and all of the other pro leagues that I mentioned in their regular seasons all at the same time in the spooky month of October.
The network CBS has got themselves the greatest period of time in the American sports year. In 2010 CBS and the NCAA reached an agreement that was signed and it ends in 2032. And for the Master's Golf Tournament started coverage for CBS in 1956. CBS will always be covering the Masters.
Now let's get into my predictions on the Masters and the final four. I am writing this on Monday, March 27th so on Saturday and Sunday was the elite 8. In the Elite 8 FAU upset Kansas State, Uconn pulled away in the second half to blow out Gonzaga, Miami beat Texas by 7, and late last night the San Diego State Aztecs beat the Crighton Bluejays to move on to the Final Four. This all means that in the Final Four on April first the early game is between Florida Atlantic (9) and San Diego State (5) and the late game compresses Miami (5) and UCONN (4). For the Aztecs and the Owls, I believe that this game will be fairly close until with about 8 minutes to go I think San Diego State will pull away and get to the title game. I think that FAU will collapse because in their matchup with Kansas State for about the first half of the second half Kansas State had a lead ranging from 5-7 points until FAU made a 3 with 9 minutes to go in the game. I thought that KSU should have come out on top and if they did I would have had them to win the championship. (Shoutout to Marquis Nowell by the way)
For our other matchup, Miami and UCONN are 2 extremely talented programs by winning all of their previous games in a dominant fashion. I think that MIAMI played a tougher schedule leading up to this but I still think UCONN is more of a talented team than the hurricanes and that they will come out on top over the Huskies of UCONN.
Now it is time to talk about and predict the greatest golf tournament on planet earth, also being broadcasted by CBS The Masters. Like it has and ever will be the 2023 Masters Tournament will be held at Agusta National Golf Club in Agusta Georgia. Scottie Scheffler, Jon Rahm, and Rory McIlroy have all held the No. 1 spot in the Official World Golf Ranking this year and are the top three names in the 2023 Masters odds at Caesars Sportsbook. (CBS Sports). With this from CBS sports I think all 3 of these tour players have a significant chance at winning the tournament but I think Scottie Scheffler the defending champion has the greatest chance to earn the Green Jacket. Coming off wins at the Players Championship and the Waste Management Open, he has a lot of momentum going into the masters. Rahm and Mcilroy should also be at the top of the leaderboard in the tournament also. Also, any of these guys have a legitimate shot at taking the Green Jacket home. Cameron Smith 12-1
Jordan Spieth 15-1
Justin Thomas 16-1
Xander Schauffele 18-1
Tony Finau 20-1
Will Zalatoris 20-1
Collin Morikawa 22-1
Max Homa 22-1
Patrick Cantlay 22-1
Dustin Johnson 25-1 (CBS Sports/Ceasers Sportsbook Odds starting at 4th). Out of all these outstanding PGA Tour Players, I think Finau and Justin Thomas could take the win the weekend of April 6th.
To close out this article about the greatest 2 weeks in the sports calendar year I just wanna say thank you to Jim Nantz and Golf Digest for pubnlishing this amazing article in the Magazine. This years Masters and the Final 4 shouldent be a disappointment as we are in for a thrilling best 2 weeks of the sports year on CBS.