"Sweet 16" notes
When’s the last time a Dayton team advanced this far? While you are pondering the question consider this. According to reports Ohio State refuses to play Atlanta 10 member Dayton, similar to Kansas-Wichita State. In 1967 Dayton played UCLA for the NCAA Championship, UCLA won the game.

Big XII cynics of Mizzou claim they left for easier basketball. This season Mizzou had to settle for the NIT this season due to their .500 conference record, the football driven SEC has three basketball teams make the Sweet 16. The powerhouse Big XII with 7 teams and the best RPI has only two teams left.

Has pre-season ranking of the Kentucky Wildcats come to fruition? Will the Wildcats win the NCAA Tourney again? We have no idea however they are certainly playing much better than the mid point of the season.

Buzz Williams is leaving Marquette for Virginia Tech. Williams is believed to have problems with the athletic department of the school. Don’t you think Williams resembles Curly Howard? The name Curly Howard might be unfamiliar to many of you; Howard was one of the Three Stooges a physical comedy trio. They filmed a series of 15 minute movies during the 1940’s and 1950’s.

“Dancing with the Stars”
If you had an opportunity to witness Iowa State Coach Fred Hoiberg’s dance moves you know he’s excluded. His team was on the edge of defeat and managed to overcome a deficient and beat North Carolina. Hoiberg was so excited he broke out in a few moves in the locker room afterwards. The guy may be a good basketball coach as for his dance move that’s another story.

There will be winners----but I'm not one of them
The Warren Buffett-Dan Gilbert NCAA Billion Dollar Tourney contest will have a winner. Larry Laker will not be among the winners because he viewed this from the max rather than the minimum. A math professor at UMKC figured out the probability of a perfect bracket and what it involved. He said; “it might be easier being struck by lighting in your lifetime than submitting a perfect tourney sheet.”

I hope you were better than me at least hopefully you entered the contest. Nobody will win the billion dollars but a number of winners could collect upwards of $100,000 plus. It’s yet to be determined the final payout but projections indicate it will be into the millions. Too bad I’m not in the number; you can’t win if you don’t play. I’ll just concern myself with the office pool and the possibility of a $100 payoff.

　
Depends on your perspective
This is somewhat dated but I thought worth covering. I was sitting in the dental office waiting for them to call my name; I picked up a sports magazine a couple of months old. Thumbing through it and turned to a page containing two letters regarding former Commissioner David Stern. One writer from Minnesota thanked Stern for his efforts regarding the Wolves. He reminded us former owners of the team secured a buyer and the new owner(s) were prepared to move the Wolves to New Orleans.

David Stern stepped in on the pending sale and vetoed it; he later worked his magic and uncovered Glen Taylor. Taylor would purchase the team and the rest is history. The other letter came from Seattle and expressed an opposing view of Stern‘s actions. The writer stated not only did Stern aid the Sonics move to Oklahoma City he went much further. He pointed out Stern had countermanded the Kings sale to Seattle interests. Stern did this despite the fact the Seattle offer was superior to the Kings ownership group.