As is the case almost every year, surprise teams are winning their conference tournaments and stealing NCAA tournament bids from teams that would otherwise be on the bubble. (more…)

According to the Peoria Journal Star, Bradley will not be accepting a bid from the CBI or CIT this year. (more…)

Ahhh, March… one of my favorite months of the year. For one thing, it’s my birthday month. On top of that, though, the weather starts to turn towards spring, and spring training gets going in baseball.

Most of all, though, March means March Madness, the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. In my humble opinion, I think the NCAA tournament is the most exciting event in sports. The Super Bowl is right up there as well, but March Madness provides 64 games of nail-biters, buzzer-beaters, upsets, and Cinderella teams. The first four days are especially awesome, with hour after hour of intense action as the 65-team field is pared down.

I’ll be blogging about March Madness all month, leading up to and during the tournament. For me, the excitement kicks off this weekend with the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in St. Louis. With that in mind, I’m going to provide some brief thoughts on what I think will transpire this weekend: (more…)

Just like that, the Winter Olympics have come and gone for another four years. Honestly, I can’t say that I watched them much this year.

Part of it was time constraints – it’s been a busy few weeks, and I definitely didn’t watch as much as I did in 2006. That being said, the Winter Olympics just don’t interest me as much as the Summer Olympics. I watched some of the curling and hockey, but not much excites me otherwise.

I was discussing this with a few people recently, and I think one major difference between the Summer and Winter Games is the variety of events. The Summer Games just bring so much to the table in terms of different types of events, while the Winter Olympics basically have events on skates, events on skis/snowboards, and events on sleds. It’s almost like having the summer games with only water-related events.

I will say that both U.S. vs. Canada hockey games were amazing and very fun to watch. Other than bits and pieces of curling and some speed-skating, though, that was all I was compelled to tune into.

How much of the Olympics did you watch this year? Feel free to share your comments.