March Madness

What a great weekend for college basketball. All of the regional final games were incredible. Three of them went to overtime and all were decided by 8 points or less. I had no problem just sitting back, watching basketball and rooting for the big ten all weekend long. Illinois' come back was simply ridiculous... when they were down by 12 with something like 4 minutes to go I said to my self "It's time for Reggie to come off of the bench... and or call Digger Phelps and Notre Dame". Darren Williams is a baller and Luther Head keeps it real! Louisville almost got 'Pittsnogled' too... that game was filled with three pointers. (How about those PSP commercials!?!?)

Going into the final-4 Brad has a two point lead in the G-town bracket picks. If I have to pick a team to win it all out of this final 4 I guess I'd go with UNC. They've just got a ton of NBA talent at every position... and that doesn't necessarily mean they will win, just that they have the best chance.

Traci and I also watched Gunner Palace, which is showing at the Grandview Drexel. Pat posted this link a few weeks back and the movie is really good. The filmmakers spent two months with the 2/3 Field Artillery Division whose barracks are set up in one of Uday Hussein's bombed out palaces. The film gives you a look at daily life for the soldiers over there now that 'major combat' is over. If you can, take the time to see it... even though its just a movie it helps to put things in perspective (I felt lucky watching basketball considering soldiers have been in Iraq fighting this war for two years now).