Straight up now tell me was it going to be you and him together????

Tonight was Corey Clark's night on ABC Primetime to tell all about his affair with Paula Abdul and the coaching he received. John Quinones, a well-respected journalist, did the show, which found some cold, hard evidence against Paula. But, as it always seems to be the case, the show coincides with the release of Clark's first album. The biggest smoking gun against Paula are the phone records that had her calling Clark and his parents multiple times. You can't fabricate phone records. I don't hide my dislike for American Karaoke. I watched the actual show tonight and it was terrible. Anyway, I have a feeling this story isn't done yet.

Now it's time for results from the 2nd round of the Ultimate NCAA Tournament:

East Region

• 04-05 Illinois 70 81-82 UNC 69. The theme of the 2nd round would be upsets, and this is just the beginning. The #1 overall seed fell to the Orange Crush, behind another solid all-around floor game from Deron Williams. A freshman named Jordan was high man for UNC with 17, but James Worthy was held in check and the Illinois guards were their usual great selves.
• 88-89 Seton Hall 83 97-98 Kentucky 80. The 12 seed in this region won another game as Tubby Smith's club went down. Andrew Gaze led the Hall with 17 points and 8 rebounds. This Seton Hall team was the first major team with an international flavor to it with Gaze and Ramon Ramos. Remember, they lost in overtime to an upstart Michigan team in the national championship, so this is a good team.
• 00-01 Duke 94 85-86 Louisville 80. Another strong performance from Shane Battier led the Dukies into the Sweet 16. Battier scored 25 and grabbed 10 boards as this Duke team was by far the most impressive in the first 2 rounds.
• 94-95 UCLA 96 88-89 Michigan 90. Glen Rice and Ed O'Bannon dueled to the end, with Rice scoring 30 and O'Bannon 28, but it was O' Bannon getting more help from his supporting cast that was the difference.

Midwest Region

• 75-76 Indiana 86 87-88 Kansas 78. Every game, it's a different player, as it should with Bob Knight's motion offense. This night, it was Scott May getting 29 points and 14 boards as Danny and the Miracles finally ran out of miracles.
• 95-96 Kentucky 94 73-74 NC State 89. Tony Delk was hot from the outside again, scoring 20, helping overcome Tom Burleson and David Thompson, who combined for 49 in the loss.
• 77-78 Duke 90 77-78 Kentucky 88. In a rematch of the 78 title game, Duke got their revenge behind antoher big effort from Mike Gminski (22 pts, 13 rebs, 4 blocks). UK star Jack Givens never got going in the tournament, not able to duplicate his 41 point peformance in that 78 title game.
• 78-79 Michigan St. 83 86-87 Syracuse 76. While Magic struggled in this one, his running mate Greg Kelser picked up the slack scoring 23 and grabbing 9 rebounds. Sherman Douglas had 14 assists in a losing cause.

Southeast Region

• 82-83 Houston 86 91-92 Duke 85. In an intriguing 2nd round matchup, Phi Slamma Jamma beat the pretty boys of college basketball. Akeem Olajuwon did his best Superman impersonation getting 17 points, 20 boards, and 5 blocks.
  
• 01-02 Maryland 92 95-96 Syracuse 87. No one talks about this Maryland team as one of the greats, but their lineup is solid from top to bottom. You have the quintessential, pass first point guard Steve Blake, a classic spot up shooter in Juan Dixon, and the beef inside with Chris Wilcox and Lonny Baxter. Even John Wallace's 28 wasn't enough to unseat the Turtle.
• 79-80 UCLA 90 96-97 Arizona 84. You can't stop Kiki Vandeweghe, you can only hope to contain him. Kiki went for 26 and grabbed 10 boards to lead the 14 seed in this region into the Sweet 16.
• 87-88 Oklahoma 92 03-04 UConn 85. The Sooners couldn't have gotten a better draw, outrunning and outgunning the Huskies led by Harvey Grant's 18 points and 10 boards. Emeka Okafor had 21 and 18 in a losing cause.

West Region

• 98-99 Duke 95 89-90 UNLV 87. The Runnin Rebels were outrun by the greatest college team to never win it all. William Avery scored 21, had 8 assists and 6 rebounds, controlling UNLV's guards Anderson Hunt and Greg Anthony, therefore controlling the flow of the game.
• 92-93 N. Carolina 92 93-94 Arkansas 87. Surprisingly, the last UNC team left is the one no thinks of when they think of great Carolina teams. But this team was a "team", and with Eric Montross playing big in the middle (21 pts, 7 rebs), they'll be tough to beat.
• 98-99 UConn 83 02-03 Syracuse 77. Too much experience and bulk inside for the young Orange to deal with, despite getting 21 and 12 from Carmelo Anthony.
  
• 61-62 Cincinnati 85 03-04 Oklahoma St. 79. True old school advanced to the Sweet 16 behind 23 points and 10 rebounds from Ron Bonham.

In addition, my whatifsports.com's football and basketball teams both lost. Daaaa Bears lost 24-10, despite 277 yards passing from the funky QB known as McMahon. Then, my bball team, the Runnin Ramblers lost 126-121. I picked my kind of team though. Larry Bird had 11 assists and 23 points, Kareem scored 25 I think, the team had 31 assists (sharing the ball, which I like). Just have to play a little better defense.

Finally, I want to address something Ice Cube said on SportsCenter tonight. First, he was asked if he felt racism was still present in the US, which he said, "yes", which I agree with. Then, when asked, "Where do you see racism in pro sports?", he replied, "Well, white people are the owners, black people are the players, there you go." I WHOLEHEARTEDLY DISAGREE. What an ignorant statement. Where do I begin? Let's see, the owners decided to go to COLLEGE and get an education, thereby giving them the qualifications to work their way up through the ranks and become an owner. Meanwhile, the players go to college for a year or two, even not at all, CHOOSING to pass up their education for the money of the NBA. They could get their degree for free, being on scholarship, but they go for the money, so don't tell me that's a form of racism. This coming from a guy who probably didn't go to college and took the money to become rich. And, how is a nonathlete allowed to speak about the racism in sports when he's a gangsta rapper???

Anyway, that's my two cents about that. And I could've talked about all the free shoes these players get playing summer ball in high school and other stuff like that, but I think I made my point.