Please the people

So, my rookie post talked a lot about the Reds. I got many a complaint about this, surprisingly. Some people don't know a lot about baseball, or don't like the Reds. Also, apparently a lot of the ladies were complaining that my blog is about sports, and I have one thing to say (a la Evan Buckley), deal with it. I'm a guy, I like sports as much as you like clothes. If you had a blog about clothes, I wouldn't complain. So anyway I thought that I would try to talk about something with a little more universal appeal, like how good the Cards are right now, and how UK will not make the tournament.

I'll start it off with a tribute to a U of L basketball great: LaBradford Smith, or as I know him personally, "LA."

Wow. What a dunk. Terrance Williams is also good, but not nearly as good as climbing Mt. Everest.

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I wonder if Bill Raftery would have ripped LA for making his dunk, like he ripped T-Will. Onions!

Anyway, the Cards have looked good lately, with a couple good wins this week, vs. Syracuse on Monday and at Pittsburgh on Sunday. The win over Syracuse showed us another stellar outing from the defense, holding the Orange to a season low output in points. On Sunday, U of L went down in history, as the only team to win twice at Pitt's Petersen Events Center since it opened in 2002. Pitt was able to score some points on U of L. They shot 44% against the Cards, which is the highest percentage against them in a while. They actually had to rely on their offense to win this game, which they haven't had to do for a long time. Edgar Sosa seems to be turning a corner, and playing like he did at this time last year, and David Padgett looked like his usual self, scoring a season high 21 on Sunday.

As I'm writing, the rankings came out. The AP poll has Louisville at 13 and the ESPN poll shows them at 18. They finally seem to be getting a fair amount of respect from the writers, after that early season slide. Right now, Lunardi's Bracketology on espn.com has Louisville a 3-seed with their RPI at a solid 14. U of L has three games left: vs. Notre Dame, vs. Villanova, and at Georgetown. Two wins out of three with a good showing in the Big East tourney should lock up a 3-seed for the Cards.

Speaking of the tournament, you know who won't be there? UK. Their only hope is if they beat Tennessee on the road. If they don't, I find it hard for the selection committee to allow a team in that has losses at home to Gardiner-Webb, San Diego and UAB. The committee also looks for good road wins, and UK has none (don't call LSU of Georgia good wins please). Also, being 9-3 in a bad conference doesn't say much. However, beating Tennesse would change all of this. Even if they lost to Tennessee, I wouldn't be surprised if they made the tournament, since the committee seems to award "tradition" points. This could explain why Duke seems to always get a higher seed than they deserve.

One last thing about March Madness. It's getting closer to being time for the Buckley Basketball Bonanza®. Contact Evan Buckley for more information.

By the way, the Bengals won the Ultra Bowl. They beat the NY Giants 38-6. This makes them the best team ever.

Non-sports related thought of the week: Flight of the Conchords. These guys are from New Zealand and are absolutely hilarious. They have lots of videos on YouTube. I suggest "Business Time" and "Albi, the Racist Dragon".