The good news: the spelling bee ended early (we lost, which is less good news, but not a big deal either), so I got back to my desk just a few minutes in to the second half.
The bad news: I think the Gophers are going down. It’s not hopeless; they’re down by 7 right now with just under 10 minutes to go. But looking over the game stats, I’m not sure the Gophers can pull it out Sigh.
Oh, and before I forget it completely, the quote of the day yesterday came from Rick Majerus talking to the local doofuses on our ESPN radio affiliate in between games about Washington’s relatively unimpressive first-round game: “I don’t know, the [Washington] Huskies, Pittsburgh, Alabama…they all looked to me like a bunch of Catholic guys who gave up defense for Lent.” Heh.
Update: Yeah, the Gophers lost. So I missed my opportunity to see my favorite team in their first and now only tournament game in the last six years. Sigh.
Seems somehow fitting that the Gophers
were knocked out of the tournament largely
due to a great game by a guy named
Stinson.
Was sorry to see them go.
My old high school coach is the
Minnesota athletic director and a
very decent guy, so I root for them
except against Wisconsin.
Okay, so I was totally wrong about how far the Badgers could go this year. I was rooting like crazy for them in that last game, in the hopes of seeing three Big Conference That Can’t Count teams make it to the Final Four. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be—but I was so impressed with how well the Badgers played. It was at least a moral victory for them.