The big dance refers to the men's NCAA tournament, which this year is made up of 68 men's college basketball teams. The saying "big dance" is not referenced in Google.com, so I will give it my best shot.
Oftentimes a sleeper team from a small conference will end up doing big things in the NCAA tournament. A few years ago, George Mason University, a small school from Virginia made an incredible run, and made it to the national semifinals of the tournament, better known as the "Final Four."
George Mason was referred to as a "Cinderella team," much as in the fairy tale when Cinderella was not really invited to the ball, but ended up meeting the prince, which she was clearly not supposed to do. George Mason was an afterthought team of the 2006 NCAA Tournament, and were supposed to lose their first game and go away (it is a single elimination tournament). They ended up winning four games before losing in the Final Four.
If you want to be a Cinderella team, you need to get invited the "Big Dance." Bids for who gets invited to the ball go out on Sunday night.
Hmmmm, interesting. I'd like to see the athletes playing basketball wearing glass slippers.
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