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Go, Tarheels!

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My normal rules of sports engagement include the phrase “root for those who took you out.” If I were to follow that tonight, I’d be bleeding Michigan State Spartan green; the Spartans did get the best of the Jayhawks in the Midwest Regional.

But I’m not. NC Coach Roy Williams has forever endeared himself to me from his coaching years with the Jayhawks. After his children graduated from high school, I was hoping against hope that whoever was coaching North Carolina would be meeting with unparalleled success, so there would be no incentive on NC’s part to seek a new coach. That hope quickly vanished.

Fast forwarding a few years, Coach Williams has won a National Championship, and the ‘Hawks, with Coach Bill Self at the helm, cut down the nets one year ago.

So, for the deep historical connection between the ‘Heels and ‘Hawks, dating back to the Dean Smith days, I gotta say:

Go Tarheels!

I plan to tune into the game, at the conclusion of tonight’s 24. Roots can only run so deep, after all.

-k-

Sweet 16, Again

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Rock Chalk Jayhawk! The Kansas Jayhawks have advanced to the Sweet 16 in the Men’s NCAA Basketball championship, with a 60-43 win over Dayton. My brackets have them advancing to the Elite 8 next weekend, and falling a bit short against Louisville in Midwest Regional Championship game next weekend.

No money is at stake this year; CBS Sportsline was on the fritz the other night, and wouldn’t let MLB and me play in the pool run by her former co-workers. Whether or not there’s money on the line, I’m a Jayhawk fan, and I hope my prognostications for the Hawks were too pessimistic.

However it sugars off, March Madness is a great time of year. And I’m bleeding Crimson and Blue again.

Now, to Bristol, and the roar of powerful engines.

Next weekend, to Indy, and I hope, more Flying Jayhawks!

-k-

The Dancing Shoes are back in the Rack

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I’m referring to the Big Dance, aka March Madness, aka the Men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament. My pool picks were in the dumper a week ago, and I frankly had little interest in either Ohio State or Florida, who played last night in the championship game. So SWMBO and I watched 24 on Fox.

As a fan if the game, I’m compelled to salute the Florida Gators, this year’s champion. It’s been since the early 1990′s that a team has won back-to-back college hoop crowns, and the Gators accomplished that feat last night. What was more impressive to me was that they were the first team in NCAA BBall history to win back-to-back championships with the same starting five lineup. In this day, when college kids turn pro at the drop of a hat1, it’s doubly amazing.

So congratulations, Florida. But next year “Beware of the Phog”.2

-k-
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1 Or at the drop of several million bucks, and no I can’t fault anyone for that decision.

2 My Kansas readers will instantaneously understand this.

Elite 8

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The Kansas Jayhawks won over the Southern Illinois Salukis 61-58, in a game completed just a few minutes ago, to advance to the round of 8 in this year’s NCAA Men’s basketball extravaganza.

Southern Illinois hails from the Missouri Valley Conference. Generally smaller school schools, going by enrollment anyhow. But schools from the Midwest, where there is no such thing as “give up”. And SIU proved that tonight, and came up a wee bit bit short.

I can now let my fingernails grow out for a day or two. Until Saturday ,to be precise, when the Hawks fly again.

Rock Chalk!

-k-

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Nailing Threes and Making Laps

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March is a great month. The NCAA basketball tournament and the roar of NASCAR engines have always been near and dear to my heart.

This year, it’s even better: I’m sitting atop my NCAA Pool after the first two rounds, and my Fantasy Racing team is still #1 in my league. I say this, not to boast about my enlightened prognostication prowess, but to mark a moment in time where my name is up in lights.

I’m gonna savor it while I can, because on Monday, it could be a fading memory.

-k-

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