The Mario Miracle!!!

ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!!! LEW PERKINS BETTER BACK THOSE BRINKS ARMORED VEHICLES INTO BILL SELF'S OFFICE AND PAY HIM WHAT HE DESERVES!!! GO KU!!! ROCK CHALK BABY!!! THIS IS AWESOME! SIMPLY AMAZING! I GREW UP A KANSAS FAN AND LOVE THE JAYHAWKS AND ALWAYS WILL. THIS WAS BIG. THIS GAME WILL BE AN INSTANT CLASSIC AND POSSIBLY THE BEST CHAMPIONSHIP GAME EVER. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK!!! THANKS FOR CHOKING ON THE FREE THROWS MEMPHIS! GO KU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SUPER MARIO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

KU gave Tyler & UNC a big knock-out punch

What an awesome game last night for Kansas and its fans! Maybe people will ease up on Roy Williams now? Tomorrow night's Memphis/Kansas final will be epic and will be extremely high scoring. I predict a Jayhawk victory that has waited 2 decades since the last one. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!

Lock Tennis Players Away

before they hurt you, me, and themselves any more... what a bloody mess. ouch!

Elite Eight Matchups...

Louisville/North Carolina--- I'll give the edge slightly to UNC, but this is going to be a barn burner!

UCLA/Xavier--- Xaviers run will be done and the Bruins will Advance to the Final Four!

Texas/Memphis--- This game is a toss up. I have Texas winning, but this match and UL/UNC will be two of the best games in the Elite Eight!

Davidson/Kansas--- Kansas is way to deep. Stephan Curry is a Stud though and major props to him. But he alone can not beat the Jayhawks.

My Final Four Predicition after this weekend:
North Carolina/Kansas
Texas/UCLA

I will be the first to admit...

I can not keep up with posting everyday as I would hope. I had full intention of writing and contemplating kansas city sports day in and day out on here, but I just have not had the chance too. I have not followed my NCAA picks as much as I was hoping. I sure hope Kansas and North Carolina get to face each other in the Final Four next week. Anyway, I'm ready for Wizards Soccer to get going. It all starts this Saturday evening! Its in the Dotte at the CAB (Community America Ballpark). Should be a helluva lot of fun! Check out this article. It compares the Ownership style of the KC Wizards to that of my favorite Owner in professional sports Mark Cuban!

By the way, my alma mater hired Cuonzo Martin as the Missouri State Bears Basketball Coach replacing Barry Hinson. Martin was a stud player in college ball and spent the past 8 years or so as an Assistant Coach at Purdue. I love my Bears and hope they do well next year in the Missouri Valley Conference! Go Bears.

burned....

oh the memories of 1995

Bracketology 101---Lesson One

You are now enrolled in Bracketology 101 and your instructor is Me, Big Russ. During the next several weeks this class will debate and challenge ideas and potentially entertain the possibility that anything can happen. It is after all March. March is Madness.

Lesson One: Breaking down the brackets.

East Region

North Carolina in my mind has a tough road to the National Championship game. Odd being that they were the best Number One seed, yet they have to face potentially the best number two and three seeds in Tennessee and Louisville to get there. Tennesee and Louisville could have easily been One and Two seeds which just further shows how tough this region is.

Its my belief that North Carolina will stub its toe at some point. Whethter they overcome it or not remains to be seen.

Potential Upsets I am picking: (11)St Joes OVER (6)Oklahoma

Midwest Region

Kansas being the One seed in this bracket had some people miffed as to why Kansas got the One seed over Tennessee or Texas. I think Kansas being the One seed just further proves how important conference tournments are. Kansas played brilliantly in the Big 12 Tournament, and I see one challenge for them and that will come in the Sweet 16 against Clemson.

Kansas State fans should be excited how they they lucked into the Midwest region and should hope Kansas fans cheer loud for the Wildcat fans in Omaha Thursday. A Mike Beasley vs OJ Mayo matchup in the first round is all about television ratings and what a better time for CBS than to put the game in the evening session when everyone is sitting in front of the television sets. I am really hoping to see a Kansas vs Kansas State matchup in the Elite 8. I doubt it will happen though. Wildcats most likely will stub their toe in the Sweet 16 against Georgetown. Hoya bigman Roy Hibbard is a tough match up for anyone.

Potential Upsets I am picking: (10) Davidson OVER (7) Gonzaga
(11) Kansas State OVER (6) Southern California

South Region

I think Memphis is going to be the first One seed to lose. Texas in my mind is far Superior a team than Memphis. Maybe I have a Big 12 bias, but John Calipari is giong to get destroyed in the Elite 8. The Regional is in Houston afterall.

One of my favorite coaches and now broadcasters is picking the winner of the NCAA Tournament to come from this region. His pick? Four seed Pittsburgh. For that to happen, Pitt would have to have some serious luck on their side. I could see that happening as opposed to Digger Phelps having all One seeds in the Final Four.

Potential Upsets I am picking: (10)St Mary's OVER (7) Miami

West Region

This could be the easiest Region for any One seed as UCLA should cruise. I could see Duke losing in the Second round to West Virginia. I am not sold on the Two seed Dukies. Watch out for Drake and their sharp shooters. They love the Three pointers and since I went to a Missouri Valley Conference school in Missouri State I am picking Drake to make the Sweet 16. Drake's Adam Emmenecker went from walk-on to league MVP. I see no reason why Drake can't keep their hot shooting going.

Poor Mark Turgeon. He always has bad luck. Texas A&M is going to be trounced by UCLA in the Second round.

Potential Upsets I am picking: (13) San Diego OVER (4) UCONN
(11) Baylor OVER (6) Purdue