Backboards and Turnovers

Welp, some of the weekend went well for some teams, not so well for others.

The Good


UK had a little more trouble than I originally assumed in getting past Florida. But on to the SEC Championship with Vandy, and most likely a 1 seed in the tournament. On the other side of the spectrum, OSU took it to a lot harder Michigan than I was expecting. Metaphors about red-headed step-children come to mind. The Buckeyes will meet Michigan State for the Big 10 title, with the possibility of a 1-seed on the line for the winner.


Xavier was able to get past St. Louis, and will now get to challenge St. Bonaventure for the A-10 title. I was convinced the win Friday cleared the way for the Muskies to make the Big Dance. However, it seems some analysts didn't agree. But I would think that regardless of the outcome of today's game, they should be in.


The Bad

Both NKU teams are now done with division-II. The men's team fell to Findlay last night 50-49. They were just not able to find their three-point shooting. The Elite Eight, Final Four and Championship for division-II will feel a little hollow without the host school participating.
The Bearcats came up short in their big for the Big East title against Louisville. The whole game seemed sloppy on both sides. However, UC just couldn't hit foul shots to close the game out. They're going to need to rectify that heading into the tournament, or they won't last long. I assumed the 'Cats could have been as high as a 3 if they had won. I'd imagine them to be a 6 or perhaps a 7-seed now.


Twitter

I really enjoy Twitter. And unless you found my blog randomly, you have to know this, because its the only place put the links. Recently, I found out Brandon Phillips (@DatDudeBP) stopped following me. Sadface. I'm not sure why he stopped, but it was fun while it lasted. That's the fluid nature of Twitter. I currently have 135 followers, but I'd be willing to bet I've had about 400 people who followed then unfollowed me for whatever reason. I'm actually more intrigued by why people I've never met want to follow me in the first place. But I suppose I wonder the same about this blog.

I know why I follow people I don't know on Twitter. They're either funny, informative or both. Lots of it has to do with sports. Some of it is movies. A few news and political things (so I can look classy and well-informed), and the rest are people I know. I don't think I've ever followed a non-famous person that someone else didn't recommend I follow.

Some of the people that I have the most conversations with (outside of my personal friends and fiance) are people I hope to meet at the ballpark this year. These people I know better from their twitter handle than their real name. People like @theworldofdale, @BgRedRedemption, @kelimepie, @redsfacts, @jluckhaupt, @RedTardation, some mysterious guy named @ElHalconRojo1, and one of the baseball wives I would assume would be least likely to be on "Baseball Wives" @DallasLatos.

I'm not gonna name off all the people I know personally so that you can follow them. You can scroll through my follower list if you really care. But I will put in a special section for my fiance Amanda. You can find her at @uhmannduh. Feel free to follow her and see how sane and normal she is compared to me. Or ask her. She'll tell you I'm nuts. Actually, don't. She might not marry me if she figures out how friggin' crazy I am.