Those who follow this blog know that I am a fan of BYU sports. Yesterday, my Cougars lost to the defending national champion Syracuse Orangemen in a game that looked like it was headed for a BYU rout in the first half. BYU was up by 11 points, Syracuse's star forward Hakim Warrick was in foul trouble, and Coach Jim Boeheim made the unusual move of taking his team out of their vaunted zone defense. For some reason, that's when everything went south for BYU. Gerry McNamara had a career game, scoring 43 points with nine three-point baskets. With just a minute or two left in the game, BYU's radio announcer said, "If BYU can keep McNamara under 40 points, they might win this game." At the time, McNamara had 37 points, and within seconds, he scored another three-pointer. Game over.

The thing that most appeals to me about the NCAA basketball tournament is the possibility that a Cinderella team will make a run. Of course, these runs almost always end before the ultimate championship, which usually goes to a one- or two-seed, but I love watching the players from the Manhattan Jaspers celebrate a victory over Florida.

Maybe that's why I am so fascinated by entrepreneurship. It is, after all, an almost hopeless undertaking. Most firms fail, and most fail early. Like BYU's basketball team, they may put a scare into a more established company, but in the end, they usually succumb. Still, as my inner Cubs fan would say, there's always next year. I love that about college basketball. And I love that about true entrepreneurs. They don't stay down.

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