Tournament recap

A few interesting things I saw and/or heard in Indy.

-- An IU fan waving a "winner gets Matta" banner during the OSU/Indiana game. I was told this never made it on TV... which seems hard to believe. The woman was nowhere near the court (in the second deck). Maybe that's the reason.

-- Approximately 12,000,000,000,000,000 raindrops. Getting poured on every night when we went out was crap. Driving back home last night in a steady monsoon was worse.

-- A guy with a video camera shooting the Buckeyes walking off their bus before yesterday's game, just as Jim Nantz and Billy Packer were approaching that camera guy. Packer noticed him and ducked to avoid getting in the shot. Nantz (following Packer, and clearly noticing him duck) just walked right through the shot. What a moment! What a douchebag!

-- Every time Iowa coach Steve Alford would argue calls with the refs during the championship game, he would end the conversation with "I love you." I swear to God I'm not making this up. Creepy.

-- The unquestioned highlight of the weekend came during one of the Indiana games. One of my co-workers was walking up to the press tables at courtside, looking to steal a seat to watch the game. Just then, Indiana athletic director Rick Greenspan got up to leave, and offered his seat. In a sarcastic tone he said, "enjoy the conversation."

Needless to say, my buddy was a little confused. When he sat down, he heard the writers next to him talking. One was saying to the other (I'm paraphrasing) "here's what Indiana really needs to do. Hire Alford, then let him fail and fire him after a couple years and then Greenspan can bring in his own guy and tell the IU hicks to screw off."

My friend interupted and asked if the guys had been talking about Davis and the coaching search for a while. They said yes. He asked if they knew who they were just sitting next to. They said no.

Oops.

The moral of the story: If you want to talk about how you would do someone else's job (especially if you're an imbecile and have stupid, ill-informed opinions), make sure you know what they look like.