Mike O'Connell

They are four of the most storied programs in the history of college basketball, and when they face off against one another this weekend we have the possibility for the most epic nights in, well, the history of college basketball.

(Actually this is the NCAA Tournament, so any night can end up the most epic night in the history of college basketball.)

Villanova, Kansas, North Carolina, and Duke together have gone to 61 Final Fours won a combined 17 national championships. Furthermore they’ve combined for 8 of 21 crowns awarded this century, a staggering 38 percent among only these four schools.

It’ll be 9 of 22 as of Monday night, hopefully a shining moment for sports fans like this guy who don’t really care about any of the schools, just want to see awesome basketball.

And for a further discussion, tune in to this week’s broadcast of Math and Musings.

I’m still a bit confused as to what happened, but my Twitter feed was rather crowded last night with news of an incident between comedian Chris Rock and actor Will Smith.

At the Oscars.

And my first thought was, The Oscars were tonight?

Spring has sprung, and baseball has begun.

That means we begin again…

the Jacob deGrom watch.

Yesterday’s spring training outing? Two innings, one hit, five strikeouts. Wow.

Alas, oh for oh at the plate.

Calling it now: deGrom DHs for self at some point in 2022.

Move over, Mr. November. The new greatest holiday sports moment is Notre Dame’s midnight miracle of St. Patrick’s Day 2022. Damn that was nice.
Keeping me up three nights in a row is the tourney that never sleeps…

and never disappoints.

I knew the moment I posted about a “baseball-less spring” the labor dispute would be settled and we’d be back in business. Even the loss of my beloved pitchers batting in the NL couldn’t ruin this feeling.

I didn’t watch all 22 hours of Ken Burns’s Baseball over the weekend but I was damn close.

And with the NCAA Tournament starting tomorrow I now place the NBA–so admired in Friday’s post–at number three on my list of sports to watch in the next few weeks.

Love the embarrassment of riches.