Pretty slow sports day yesterday. Zambrano didn't say anything crazy and I can't really talk about the Thomas Jones trade without punching a wall, so I thought I'd just provide an informational round-up of the teams already in the dance using only Wikipedia.
Keep in mind, since this is Wikipedia, none of this may actually be true but it's often more fun to just assume that it is...
Belmont edjumacated Minnie Pearl just so she could spend her entire career pretending like she never got one. I'll have a lot more to say about these Bruins next week.
Creighton hates the Chicago Cubs. Aside from unleashing alumnus Bob Gibson on the Northsiders (and the rest of the National League for that matter), the Bluejays former National Coach of the Year, Jim Hendry, is now running the team into the ground.
Davidson is a school with only 1700 students and nearly 3000 times that many people will pick them to lose in the first round next week. Welcome to the big time. And if it wasn't bad enough to be just another team called the Wildcats, the mascot's name is actually Mr. Cat. Creative.
Eastern Kentucky is the alma mater of the freakin' Six Million Dollar Man. While I like their nickname as it is, wouldn't it be infinitely better if they just switched from Colonels to the EKU Six Million Dollar Men? (And "Lady Men" of course.)
Gonzaga is the ultimate king of the underestimated, over achieving white athlete. Check out this roster: John Stockton, Dan Dickau, Adam Morrison, Richie Frahm, and Jason Bay. Yes, I'm leaving out MLS and NASCAR.
Niagara actually has a pretty storied hoops history. Hubie Brown, Frank Layden and Calvin Murphy were Purple Eagles, but they all pale in comparison to Juan Mendez, the highest scoring Canadian in NCAA history. (How do you like that Steve Nash?) Few people actually believe this due to the fact that Juan has a Mexican name.
North Texas is one pissed off place. "Mean" Joe Greene played his college ball there and inspired the team's nickname. But if you think Mean Green is a little ridiculous, it could be worse. "Stone Cold" Steve Austin also suited up for the team and practiced his beer-chugging while at NTSU.
Oral Roberts is the world's largest charismatic Christian university and that scares the hell outta me which, I guess, is their ultimate goal. Students are not allowed to drink, smoke, lie, curse, gamble or be gay. Men can't wear earrings and the school is actually named after a televangelist. They even have their own special language on campus. It's called "tongues."
Penn's official motto is Leges sine moribus vanae and it sounds a lot more impressive in Latin than it actually is. "Laws without morals are useless." Okay. Man law!
VCU is home to the largest French film festival in the United States and honestly, that's all I, or you, need to know about them. Quoi?
Winthrop probably helped you hone your reading skills. Cecily Truett Lencit, an alumnus, was a producer on Reading Rainbow. Other than that they're really not very exciting.
Wright State is named after the first family in flight, but Dayton is the Flyers. Hmmm. Nevertheless, I'm guessing that Wright State will be the only school in the tournament to have spawned a Pussycat Doll.
Check back for more updates later in the week.
**UPDATE** I was wrong in yesterday's post about those crazy Nike uniforms. Turns out the Gator print jerseys that Florida debuted last week actually were the new "System of Dress" uniforms. Maybe it's just me, but they didn't look quite as form-fitting during the game as they did in the photo provided by Nike.
Anyway, the sneaker beheamoth has unveiled the official System of Dress website, and learn that nike thinks it's really inspirational to put the names of former greats on the teams' base layers. So as you're watching Greg Oden this March just know that he's wearing a shirt that says "John Havlicek" on it.
Honestly, the most interesting hting I learned from the site was that Lute Olsen insists upon keeping the UA cactus logo at mid-court. It's all in the details.
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