Thank God It's March

With the winter months finally behind us, it's time to shift gears. March has finally come, and for many of us, there's a lot to be excited about. Spring Training is in full swing, the NFL draft talk is heatin up, D-West is droppin 40 a night, and of course, MARCH MADNESS is on the horizon. Unfortunately for UC fans, madness may be an understatement for their March's as of late. Their boy Mickdaddy has essentially led the program into the ground, and to me, nothing says that better than his ever so impressive 0-11 record in the month of champions. As for the rest of us, prepare yourself for the CBS trumpets and the golden tones on Bill, Gus, and the boys; it's going to be a good one.

After the dusting of the Fordham Rams last night, the Muskies continued their stellar play, and more importantly, Jason Love officially became the winningest player in Xavier history. Hats off to the big fella, and let's hope he's got 9 more in him. With J-Love, Crawdaddy, and Tutu all clicking heading into March, it's hard not to get visions of the Indy nets getting cut down. Right now, Joe Lunardi has the musketeers at a 6 seed, and honestly, I don't see them getting much higher based on their history of tanking the A-10 tourney when they don't need the automatic bid. Regardless, this team is going to be exciting to watch down the stretch.

On a side note, it has been called to my attention New Mexico is currently projected as a 2 seed. Given my name is Burnside, I was looking for something that particularly got under my skin to post about, and this is more than sufficient. For those of you unaware, yes, New Mexico is in fact a state in the US, and yes, they apparently have heard of basketball. Besides a sweep of the mormons of BYU (isn't that sacrilegious?), the Lobos have about as impressive a resume as the Fordham Rams. I could legitimately see this team stumbling 1st round to a 15 seed. Don't put it past Steve Alford who has already stumbled to a 14 seed Northwestern St. in the 1st round of his illustrious coaching career. His 2-5 record in the big dance also shouldn't scare anybody. The bottom line is this, New Mexico has one bid to the tourney in the last 10 years, and no matter what seed they want to "reward" those (new) mexican bums with, they're not going anywhere.

Before I get back to watching Pam Halpert birth a child, I just want to say this. Look out National League, here come Aroldis and the Redlegs. With that, Burnside, out.