Strap, God wants you on the floor.

Two days 'til the Big Ten Tournament, and I'm going insane.

Two more meaningless days of crap at work before I get to spend four days actually doing something I like and care about. At this point, it's like the days before Christmas felt when you were a kid, or about 65% of what the week leading up to the Ohio State-Michigan game feels like now.

Add in the fact that I'll be seeing some old friends, perhaps getting into a little trouble, and... oh yeah... not being stuck at work for four days, and it's looking like about an 85% chance of good times.

There's a chance I'll do a photo blog from there. I'm going to be working quite a bit on other stuff, but I'd like to do something for here. We'll see if there's time.
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Speaking of Indy, guess who won the Big Ten women's basketball tournament?

I'll give you a hint: You know when you're playing NCAA Football on the Playstation and you play enough seasons in a row that you fill up your trophy case and have to start deleting the oldest ones? One Big Ten school is in danger of reaching that point this year.

If you're scoring at home, it's: football, men's basketball regular season, women's basketball regular season, and women's basketball conference tournament. There's a decent chance that the men could bring home the conference tourney title, and one or both basketball teams could make a run at the Final Four.

Fortunately, the school in question won't have to worry about that ugly Mason Cup clutting things up. (Baby not included)
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Supposedly good teams I've seen play recently that I'm not particularly impressed with: Gonzaga, Duke, Memphis, George Washington.

None of those scare me in terms of possible Buckeye tournament opponents, except maybe Duke, which still gets calls that Michael Jordan never got. I'm told they suck now because poor J.J. Redick is sooooooo sleepy. Awwwwww...

Gonzaga needed two straight nights of unbelievably homer-iffic calls to beat mighty San Diego and Loyola Marymount on their home floor.

Memphis and GW are in the same boat; Play in the Big Ten and finish 10-6 in the league. Play in a steaming pile of a conference and get a 2 seed.

The presense of any or all of those teams in the Buckeyes' bracket will cause much rejoicing.

The presense of Texas or UConn will cause much consternation.

Villanova? Seems similar to OSU and it would probably come down to which team was bombing away better that day.

UNC? Good, but young. If they play a strong, veteran team they could be in trouble.
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My reaction to Kirby Puckett's passing was similar to Tony's. He was fun to watch and a hell of a ballplayer. You could tell he squeezed every last bit of ability out of his body.

But the stuff that came out after his retirement took him from "all-time, universally-loved good guy" to a far more common ground in a lot of people's opinions, mine included.

He's a little like Pete Rose in some ways; hopefully the example he set during his playing days is something kids emulate, and hopefully the example he set off the field in recent years (cheating on his wife, possibly fondling that woman in a restaurant, and eating like Pac-Man) is something they don't.