Please, No More

In tonight's Amazing Race, the hippies took the lead getting to the pit stop in Bratos, Brazil first. Eric and Robert were 2nd after finishing 1st last week. From now on, Eric and Robert will be referred to as the Slackers. Hey, they admitted they don't like to work and want to just hang out, so I don't think that's going too far. The Slackers need to stop making comments about the Pink Ladies and every female under the age of 30. I lost track of how many times they wanted to "get in their pants" and "slap their butt". First of all, any girl who thinks that is attractive has no self-respect in my book. You should be treated with respect, not as an object of lust. Second, these guys are the reason why nice guys have such a hard time finding a girl. The first thing girls think about a lot of times are guys like these. I'd like to think myself as a nice guy, at least I try to be one, it's up to you to decide. But the Slackers give guys a bad rap and I hope they're eliminated soon. Sorry to disappoint you, but I will never say "I want to get in your pants". Of course, maybe they're just trying to get noticed for the next edition of Celebrity Poker on Bravo, ya never know.

Anyway, 3 more teams are going dancing, who are they:

• Mid-Continent Final: Oral Roberts 85, Chicago St. 72. For a half, it looked like ORU would get beat on their home floor by a losing team, again. ORU came out nervous, allowing Chicago St. to slow the game down to a pace comfortable enough for them. But a 2nd half dunk by Larry Owens changed all that and got ORU going. Chicago St. was game, they never quit. Their 2 starting guards are 5'6" and 5'9", but they played much bigger. ORU was too good in the 2nd half for them, most likely earning a 15 seed in the tourney.
• Horizon Final: UW-Milwaukee 87, Butler 71. UW-Milwaukee was too quick, too physical, and too good for Butler tonight. The Panthers shot 53% from the floor and outrebounded the Bulldogs by 12. The Panthers had 4 in double figures and caused enough havoc with their press to rattle Butler's guards. Butler had all the ingredients of the great Butler teams of recent memory, except for great team defense. You can neutralize quickness with great team defense, but Butler's defensive rotations were slow, allowing the Panthers to continually penetrate inside for easy buckets. The Panthers made the Sweet 16 last year and have a lot of experience back from that team. Their helter skelter style will give somebody problems. They're looking at a 12 or 13 seed.
• Sun Belt Final: South Alabama 95, Western Kentucky 70. Well, whoever thought Western Kentucky deserved at-large consideration was clearly wrong. South Alabama was clearly the better team in all phases. Western couldn't handle the Jaguar press, which led to easy buckets. They couldn't guard the Jags on the perimeter, which led to easy buckets and open 3s. And they couldn't handle the Jags' defensive pressure, making scoring difficult for themselves. South Alabama is coached by former Kentucky player John Pelphrey, who was on that UK team that lost in the 1992 Elite Eight vs. Duke. Pretty good game as I recall. Pelphrey has his team playing like that UK team did: they're deep, they press, they shoot the 3, and they play all-out for 40 minutes. This team is capable of pulling an upset. I'm a little disappointed that Western didn't win. If they made the NCAAs and got sent to Detroit, I was on a mission to get my picture taken with their funny looking mascot. Everytime I see him, I think of the Gumdrop from Candy Land.

Tomorrow, the Big East, Atlantic 10, and Conference USA tournaments get underway. Obviously, the marquee game of the day is the Big East battle between Cincinnati and Syracuse. If UC wins, they're most likely in and Syracuse is out. If Syracuse wins, they're still alive and UC will be nervous until Sunday. One bid gets handed out tomorrow in the Big Sky. It'll be another 1 v. 2 matchup, Northern Arizona vs. Montana.

Another 6 hour rest, oh joy. Once March is over, I will get to bed earlier. Maybe that should be one of my goals for the year haha.