Midweek Update

Thursday, 2am, Bloomington, Indiana

Man oh man, it has been a busy week! Between apartment hunting, work, and classes (no, not the fun kind), I haven't had a chance to get a word in edgewise on the wonderful world of sports.

So to all three of you that read the Superstar daily (I'm including myself here), sorry. I swear, updates will be more frequent.

Anyway.

My thoughts on the Final Four are pretty simple. First off, this North Carolina team proved itself, very thoroughly, to be the best in college basketball this year. Their path to the championship took them through Radford, the best of the low seeds along with East Tennessee State (who gave Pitt a scare), LSU (ranked in the top twenty), Gonzaga (over-rated! but another highly ranked team), Oklahoma and Blake 'The Beast' Griffin, a Villanova team that looked like world beaters, and finally a very tough and balanced Spartans squad.

Name me a team that had a tougher road than that. And they won by an average of 20.6ppg. I read that somewhere. So congratulations to Psycho T, Super Calm Ty, and the rest of the 2009 'Heels. You earned your place in history.

Secondly, all the Big Ten haters need to take a step back and look at what this conference accomplished in the postseason.

The eighth best team, Penn State, merely went out and won the NIT after being snubbed from the tourney. The only teams to fall in the first round of the Big Dance were Illinois, which caught a bad break playing an excellent Western Kentucky squad, and Ohio State, which caught an equally bad break in the form of the extremely competent Siena Saints.

Michigan and Wisconsin both pulled upsets against higher seeded ACC teams in round one. Purdue looked great while taking down Washington in the round of 32. And Michigan State took a sledgehammer to hyped Big East squads Louisville and Connecticut. Is that really a down year?! I don't think so.

In other news, I want to preview the next few weeks of Armchair Superstar action. I think Noffke might agree that we'd be up for adding another writer, so if you're interested, let us know! The NFL Draft is sneaking up here at the end of the month. Obviously that is very exciting. Hopefully we'll have a mock up soon.

Also, the Bulls are marching into the playoffs and I would love to see them match up against the wounded Boston Celtics. Any playoff experience is good experience for young guys like Rose, Thomas, and even Del Negro.

Finally, baseball has kicked off, signalling the start of warm weather and lazy days. I pity everybody that works in an office! Thank goodness for fantasy teams to keep you busy in there, huh? Mine (team, not office) is looking strong thus far, even though Lincecum put up a stinker in his first game - 3 IP? Whoah.

And of course, our Top Ten Moments Countdown (much delayed) should be getting a move on again any day now.

That's all from B-town. Go Sox, Go Bulls, and please, Spirit of George Halas, keep Cutler and the O-Line healthy!