Saturday, March 31, 2007

Desperate Times

Ok, so I'm back. March turned into a stressful/lazy month for me. I'll compile my overall W-L in the MWSF Challenge for my next post, but for now, I just want to get in some sort of post to start this thing back up again.

I still have a chance in my bracket. . .

but it's a longshot.

If the final game is Georgetown beating UCLA, I win two of the three pools I'm in(sadly, they're the two "pride" brackets, with no cash involved that I could put towards, say, a new acoustic guitar or a couple new wedges).

My final game was actually Georgetown over Kansas, but the people I'm competing against that are ahead of me both have Florida in the final game, and I'm far enough behind that I cannot have them getting those points.

Another big game today too: Chicago Bulls host the Cavaliers with the #2 seed in the East on the line. Now really, no one in the East really has much of a shot of making a competitive Finals series with Dallas or San Antonio save maybe Detroit and Miami with a healthy Wade, but still. Being the #2 seed could help the Bulls make a conference finals or even an NBA finals run. I don't know that too many Bulls fans would be heartbroken by losing 4-0 to the Mavericks, although it would be the 2nd straight major sports championship that Chicago would lose though.

Lastly, and most importantly--OPENING NIGHT! TOMORROW!! I wore my Cardinals jersey much to the chagrin of all the Cubs fans up here in DeKalb.

I made a run at getting opening day tickets, but due to the "You're buying 2 tickets and a baseball card of my choice" auctions on ebay, they went WELL above the face value, to the point that I can't justify paying even to see them raise a banner(if I weren't probably somewhere around 5-6 hours from St. Louis, maybe I could justify it better). REgardless, my TV will be on ESPN Sunday night to see Carpenter begin his run at a 2nd Cy Young and the Cardinals begin their run as defending World Series champions.

Opening Night and the Final Four. This perhaps might be, the best sports weekend of the year for me.

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