OK so I'm Not a Hoops Guru

Well, if you read the post below this one, you"ll see I picked the Butler Bulldogs to win the NCAA tournament. OK, I was wrong, sue me. I sure hope you didn't bet any of your hard earned money on either of those teams. The game was uh, how should I put it....UGLY to say the least. As a friend of mine put it "if that game were a girl, I would have had to have really thick beer goggles to take her home". I thought Butler would shoot better from three point land than what it did. I did not think UConn would play defense as well as it did. So, the bottom line is congratulations to the Connecticut Huskies. I still think the Big East is a bunch of thugs.

NCAA Tournament Goes to the Dogs

The match up is between Huskies and Bulldogs. The Connecticut Huskies and the Butler Bulldogs. Personally I will be cheering for Butler. I think they will win the game. They have a better defense, and championship game experience that UConn doesn't. And if Butler is able to hit their threes, Connecticut will have a long night. The so called experts have installed Connecticut as a three point favorite. And the CBS talking heads are unanimously picking UConn. I disagree. Butler will win by three. Let the game begin.

Congrats to Duke and Other Random Thoughts

This is a little late but congratulations to the Duke Blue Devils and Coach K on yet another NCAA Men's Basketball Championship. And while we're at it nice job by the Butler Bulldogs on their improbable run to the championship game. I think this is as good a finish to a championship game as I can recall in quite a while. For that matter the whole tournament was outstanding. I have been watching it for years and I don't remember one better than this.

Now, having said that why would the NCAA want to go and spoil what is arguably the best sporting event of the year? The talk of adding 32 more teams will only dilute the field for a week. But, the bottom line is money and the NCAA would sell it's own soul if it had one. So, in reality we are looking at a 96 team tournament next year.

Go Butler...Go Butler

How 'bout them Bulldogs! Outside of Michigan State fans I think most people were rooting for Butler at the watering hole where I watched the game. Those Butler fans were rewarded. The Bulldogs knocked off the Spartans 52-50 in one of the best Final Four semifinals I can remember in a long time.

Michigan State was good but Butler was better. The Bulldogs were better on the boards and did a better job of shooting free throws than the Spartans.

Up next for Butler is the winner of the Duke / West Virginia game that is being played as I type this. Regardless of who wins that match up I will be cheering for Butler. GO BULLDOGS!!!