I have to admit – the Lunatic is a little grumpy. There are a lot of things that I am struggling with as March has faded into April meaning another college basketball season is about to end.

I love watching the Cinderella teams – one of the best parts of March Madness is watching some non-power conference school like McNeese or Drake come out of nowhere and upset a few teams to show they belong in the mix. And while I understand that won’t happen every year (and honestly, it is impressive it happens as often as it does), but I still missed having it this year.

I hated watching my Boilermakers lose on a last second basket – after feeling that the play never should have happened because of a foul that wasn’t called. I hated watching even more as that same team then proceeded to eliminate the team I picked to win the tournament on a foul that was called that was nowhere close to as obvious as the no-call on Braden Smith. If Cooper Flagg fouled J’Wan Roberts on that rebound, Braden Smith was assaulted while guarding Milon Uzan driving to the basket.

The only coach that I had not heard anything truly negative about was Duke’s Jon Scheyer – and he lost in a way that coaches shouldn’t allow their team to lose.

Both Auburn’s Bruce Pearl and Houston’s Kelvin Sampson have lost multiple head coaching jobs due to recruiting violations – and Pearl’s Auburn Tigers were involved in the FBI probe that rocked college basketball despite not really seeming to punish any of the teams involved in it.

Florida’s head coach Todd Golden and assistant coach Taureen Green have been involved all year in a Title IX investigation. Multiple women said Golden engage in sexual harassment, sexual exploitation and cyberstalking, while an athletic department employee said Green sexually assaulted her at a meeting a year ago. The case against Golden was closed (which was unclear on whether or not there was no sexual harassment or simply that it did not break Title IX) while they are still investigating Green.

I don’t typically go looking for trouble about the coaches or players – I would hate to know what I could find about the teams that I root for. But the two remaining coaches left surely have not been considered the most ethical of the coaching profession. I guess I should just be happy that Pearl got eliminated in the process.

It makes me sad because it makes me not want to root for either team, and the athletes (hopefully) had nothing to do with it. I will probably get myself back in the mood to watch the games – if they are anything like Saturday’s semi-finals, we should have a fantastic championship. It is unclear if anyone can stop Walter Clayton Jr. after his 34 points against Auburn. But if anyone can figure it out, it is the defense from the Houston Cougars.