Fantastic Four!

(sorry, this blog entry will have nothing to do with Jessica Alba :P)

Georgetown v Ohio State. Florida v UCLA. NCAA Men's Basketball...it's FAN-tastic!

- After proving that Aaron Grey really is an overrated stiff, UCLA proved that Bill Self is one of the best coaches at doing nothing with plenty. A few off-balance threes with the shot clock running out didn't hurt, either. Unfortunately, I missed about eight minutes of the game because I was en route to my sister's birthday party, so I had to suffer through listening to the game on the radio. The Bruins defense, especially in the last five minutes, was unbelievable. I don't want to hear Jayhawks fans whining that they missed too many gimmies; I'm sure the Bruins' defense had nothing to do with those bricks. Next up: Florida (ugh!)

- I'm embarrassed to admit that I missed most of the other three Elite Eight games, due to various reasons. I caught little of the Memphis-Ohio State game, mostly because the game bored me to death. I caught the end of Florida-Oregon at a restaurant, while on a 'business' lunch. I only managed to catch OT of UNC-Georgetown, also due to said 'business' lunch. BTW, UNC, why did you bother showing up in OT if you were going to play like THAT? Props to Georgetown's D, but UNC could have, at least, taken a time out after the first couple baskets by Georgetown in the extra period. Oh well, I had Georgetown beating UNC anyway :P

- Pacman Jones might be charged with various charges for his role in a Vegas shooting during the NBA All-Star Weekend. Good. At the rate he's going, not only does he need to be removed from the Titans, he needs to be removed from society. BTW, how have the Titans not cut this guy yet?!? What else, save for murder, does this guy have to do for the Titans to finally wise up and drop the guy?

- Ron Artest is retiring! Oh wait, no he's not. I'll say it's 5:1 that he's retiring; I just don't see it happening. Maybe a "retirement" is his way of asking out from Sacto.

- Out with Theismann, in with Jaws. Excellent move my Monday Night Football! I can't stand Joe Theismann and his constant bickering with Tony Kornheiser (who's not exactly the greatest color guy in the world, either). I remember Jaws doing a game either last season or the season prior, and I thought he did an excellent job with his insight and analysis of the game. I like Mike Tirico, and hopefully the existing chemistry between Jaws and Kornheiser makes the MNF broadcasts better next season. MNF just needs to stop bringing in guests every week, unless the guests are relevant to the game!

Quick Final Four picks: Georgetown over OSU, Florida over UCLA (go anti-jinx!)

Damn, four days from my last post...I have tons more to say! Oh well, I'll save some of the stuff for another post (maybe later tonight?)