Tuesday Takedown: Rioting Is The Real March Madness

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I am proud to call Madison, Wis. my home away from home. Despite being based in the Chicago area, I have had the pleasure of spending many weeks over the past nine months in Madison at AB Media headquarters. The office is located approximately one mile from the beautiful University of Wisconsin campus. Needless to say, many of my co-workers bleed Badger red and now, by extension, so do I. On Monday, I walked into the office to many smiling faces after Wisconsin's thrilling overtime victory over Arizona on Saturday punched the Badgers' ticket to the NCAA Men's Final Four. But while Wisconsin experienced the thrill of victory, Arizona took the agony of defeat to a sadly familiar level.

Several hundred disgruntled fans took to the streets of Tucson to throw bottles and firecrackers at police officers tasked with keeping the peace. In response, the police, wearing riot gear, shot pepper spray at those fans, arresting 15. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. This isn't the first time the Wildcats faithful have taken a loss to extremes. In 2001, police arrested 17 students after Arizona lost to Duke in the championship game. But that was a championship game (not excusing the behavior); this was an Elite Eight game. 

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