I so hoped the N. C. State basketball team might win it all in the Final Four. But wait! Which team, the men's or women's? Both earned tickets to this year's Final Four.

So, remember on Monday night, after the Men's Championship game is over, and they are playing the song, One Shining Moment", just remember that all the teams who participated in the tournament are honored, not just one.

And if your school did not even make the tournament, as mine did not, remember also the words, "Wait till Next Year"!

Think about what these young people, at every school, have accomplished this year...competing and doing their best, often against tremendous odds.

They learned, sometimes the hard way, the importance of passion and persistence, unselfishness, winning and losing with grace.

Sometimes, as we grow older, we forget the lessons learned in our youth. Watching the games of March Madness, for both women and men, we see once again these attributes never grow old.

To the months of March and early April, "thanks for the memories".