From the time I picked up my first basketball to the time I took off my uniform and sneakers for the last time, I dreamt of one thing - cutting down the nets.  The symbolism and emotion involved in that moment is just as the title suggests - it’s the dream!  Any basketball player knows what I’m talking about.  As my dad has always said, there’s only one team that ends their season with a win, and that’s the Champion.  My sisters were fortunate enough to experience this twice - winning 2 state and federation championships in their career back to back.  It means you are at the pinnacle, a cut above the rest, and all of your hard work, dedication, practice, and obstacles overcome paid off.  You are officially a champion.  And what does every winning team do at the end of the championship game?  Cut down the nets.  

Now, personally, I cut down a net once, but it wasn’t a championship game, and I didn’t do it with a pair of scissors, but I’ll fill you in on that later.  But for today’s episode of the Missing Chapter, we talk about the historic and for some, the best part of March Madness.  But here’s the question…why do champions cut down the nets?  Where in the world did this tradition come from?  And why don’t we know more?  Welcome to the March Madness edition of the Missing Chapter everyone, let the games begin.

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