Lady Vols Win Eleventy-Hundredth Title

So the Tennessee Lady Vols, coached by Summittron The Destroyer, played the Stanford Singular Cardinal last night and basically beat them down in a thorough fashion. The best part was the Stanford coach, when asked about the UT defense at halftime:

It was so bad that when ESPN sideline reporter Rebecca Lobo asked Stanford coach Tara VanDerveer how she planned to get her team to settle down and handle the pressure better, VanDerveer said something you just never hear coaches say unless they're being sarcastic, which VanDerveer was not.

"God, Rebecca," she said, "I have no idea."

[from King Kaufman, Salon.com]

Sports and Such

So, yeah, Kansas. Whatever. They beat the awesome story that was Davidson, and for the first time ever in the Tourney, all four #1 seeds made it to the Final Four. Whatever; Davidson is still awesome, and Stephen Curry is the well-deserved winner of Most Oustanding Player from that region.



Elsewhere, my Braves decided to spot the rest of the NL East a half-game lead by blowing a save in Washington. Whatever. Don't sleep on my Braves this year, y'all. Treat y'all like a bowl of gruel.

Best time of the weekend, though? Nashville Roller Girls. They went down swinging hard to the Tragic City Rollers, aided by a horrible scoring decision, when the winning points should have been scored on our final jam, and no one in a ref's shirt saw the jam get called off. It's confusing, right? Wrong. Hie thee hither, y'all, next time they're in town, which is May 17th at the Fairgrounds. Best time night out ever awesome dude. Wow.

Everybody else's opening games start up today, which is Bartender Rod's High Holy Day. And the Predators are still clinging by their nails to hopes of a playoff spot; frankly, it doesn't look good.

Madness All Around

DeNuzio's certainly loving March right about now -- his Xavier Muskies just punched their tickets to the Elite Eight, and another Big East team got knocked out, so that's all good. Let's party at mid-court:



But the best news is what's happening at Davidson, proud Southern Conference representative that they are. Apparently the Trustees dipped into their pockets and set up a fund so that any Davidson students who want to go see the Sweet 16 matchup tonight against Wisconsin can go for free -- transportation, tickets, hotel rooms all paid. That. Is. Awesome.

Let's Dance.



Of course, it can't all be good times and happy outcomes. Especially since UT went and fucked me by losing to Louisville. What? What kind of moron would have picked UT to make the Championship Game?

Exactly.

That's what I get for trusting this guy:


Moron.

Happy Easter!

If you're into celebrating this sort of thing, then have at it. At our house, we firmly believe that Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs are the reason for the season.



Others will be busy doing church-things, changing out the greenery, having Passover, sacrificing bunnies, whatever it is that they do. We'll have "The Full Monty" and EIEIO Book Club, thank you very much.

In the meantime, Baby Brother is in town, and it's back to the bar to enjoy more Tourney Time. Join us at the Grille, or browse further to enjoy this year's Easter Card, which is DECIDEDLY not for the faint of heart or easily offended. Cheers!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

It's March, which is double-extra sweet. Not only did the NCAA Tournament kick off 3 minutes ago (Wha--- Georgia in the Tourney?!), but the next month means the entire tourney (still the greatest annual event in sports), Opening Day in baseball, and the stretch drive in the NHL. Total awesomeness all around. No matter what happens in DC today.

UPDATE: GEORGIA 61, XAVIER 73 - FINAL

Great game from the Musketeers, with more than a few, er, dozen questionable fouls awarded. But whatever.

Upcoming Awesomeness:

March Madness on Demand: All the tourney games, and so far ZERO announcing. Check it out at CBS Sportsline.

Barca is probably completely out of the running for this year's Primera Liga title, but they're still all over the final 8 of the Champion's League. Real Madrid? Not so much.

And this Sunday night? Opening night for the Braves. Word.

UPDATE: Georgia with an early lead on Xavier. Very good. Announcers audio feed now active. Not so very good.