College Hoops

I want to ever-so-briefly congratulate the Florida Gators for defending their men's basketball national championship by defeating Ohio State last night. Wait, we've seen that matchup. No, that was in football. Very different scenario, same outcome.

Comments:

1. The Big 10 needs to not talk trash for the rest of the year. The SEC owns you right now, keep your mouths shut, practice, recruit, pay players, whatever it is you need to do to get better and then let your game do the talking. But for now, just save it.

2. This year's NCAA men's tournament was a disappointment to me. I really didn't find too many compelling storylines, at least not after the first 2 rounds. I got dreadfully tired of watching 1 seeds get down by 20 and then their opponent fold under the pressure only to let the "favorite" live to play another day. Ohio State was the chief offender, they should have been out about 3 rounds ago. While I don't necessarily care to see a double-digit seed go to the final 4 (because their odds of winning at that level are virtually nil) it's been a bad year when there are no true underdogs in the Elite 8 (the 4-7 seeds of the world) fighting for a shot at a final four and playing well enough to actually challenge a legitimate 1 seed. I'm sorry, this year's tournament was just boring to me. Then again, I checked out on basketball back in mid-February when it became apparent that my Cowboys had done the same.

3. It's April. Time for baseball and NASCAR. Plus college football kicks off in about 5 months.