My Bracket

HOUSTON — Hopefully you can click on that image and get a readable image. My Final Four is intact with North Carolina and UCLA already qualified.
If Kansas can take care of business (and Stephen Curry), and if Texas can pull off an upset, I'll be looking real good.
I know my bracket might seem homer-ish, but if the Longhorns beat UCLA in California, the y can do it in San Antonio, right?
And Memphis ain't that good. (Ok, after watching them yesterday I have to rethink everything, but it's a bit late for that.)
At the beginning of the season, an Elite 8 berth would've sounded like a nice goal. With the way things have gone, I think Texas needs one more win to end this season with hardly a trace of disappointment. (Any season that ends with a loss carries at least a measure of disappointment.)

Miami athletes' reputation safe

So I didn't post here as much as I would've liked to, but there was one funny tidbit from Miami's press conference before the Hurricanes played Texas that deserves some mention.
Former Rick Barnes assistant Frank Haith now coaches Miami. He took a page out of his old boss's say-anything-and-damn-the-reaction book after being asked about guard Jack McClinton and his penchant for delivering motivational metaphors to his teammates.
McClinton and the players had broached the subject earlier in the presser, and someone was curious to learn more about it. The reporter asked, "coach, your players talked about Jack giving metaphors before the game to kind of motivate them. Would you be able to share any of those with us and also just a little bit on Jack's leadership?"
Miami has a reputation for academics over athletics, and that's putting it nicely. Haith's tongue-in-cheek answer only reinforced it.
"That's a big word for my team to say, 'metaphor,'" he answered.

Latest Cheerleader Commentary

LITTLE ROCK, Ar., — So I know you all enjoyed that post about Texas' cheerleaders, so here's one on Miami's.
The Hurricane squad here at the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament has seven guys and five girls. Now, it's not as bad as Texas A&M and their "Yell Leaders" and their lack of cheerleaders, but seriously, how can you justify this?
Male cheerleaders are for lifting. It doesn't take seven guys to lift five girls. So, two of them end up spotting. At this level, you don't need spotters (though one Miami girl did take a tumble...) so they just stand their tapping on their megaphones.
Points for the classic Miami attire, points deducted for the guys that stand around.