March Madness.

My apologies, I know you have all been anxiously awaiting another blog entry but I simply have not had time lately. Been pretty busy with school and work, please forgive me.

Cincinnati Reds tickets came in the mail. A couple friends and I purchased the 10-game Power Pack which includes tickets to opening day. First spring training game is four days away, getting really excited.

Over the weekend I got some new basketball shoes! 'Hyperdunk Lows.' These Nike's are red, black and white as you may have guessed. It's the first time I have ever had low cut basketball shows and I wasn't really sure how I'd like them until I played with them. I love them, played really well, maybe the best ever..must be the shoes right?

Tough loss for UC against West Virginia. Don't really know what else to say about this team that hasn't been said. All I can hope for now is that they go out fighting, make it respectable the last couple games left of this unsatisfying season. Senior night tomorrow night against # 9 Villanova. It's # 5 Deonta Vaughn and #42 Steve Toyloy's last home game. They're selling the upper level tickets for $5.42, pretty cool if you ask me. But at the same time I think it's pretty sad that we have to sell five dollar tickets for fans to come to the games, times have certainly changed in the UC basketball program.

Gosh dangit Sydney Crosby! UGH! The United States hockey team put together one heck of a run in the Olympics but fell just short. Remarkable gold medal game against Canada that went into overtime thanks to a desperation goal by the United States with 24 seconds left in regulation. When USA tied it up after pretty much everyone thought it was over, Calhoun Hall went NUTS! Watched every second, most excited/nerve-racking sporting event I've watched in a long time and I don't even like hockey. Hats off to the USA hockey team for making it close and exciting which not many thought it would be. It's disappointing the Olympics are over but March Madness is quickly approaching; one of the best times of the year.

Pictures of the new shoes..

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Posterization.

I've always considered myself a pretty big sports fan but something I've never been very fond of is Hockey. I use to attend an occasional Mighty Ducks games back when they played at the Cincinnati Gardens, but that was only to see a fight. Over the course of the 2010 Winter Olympics I have found myself actually interested in the USA hockey games, I watched all of the Canada upset and watched all of yesterday's quarterfinal victory. It's exciting..chances of me following the NHL now? Zero. But I am truly enjoying the run the United States has put together and am looking forward to the semi-final matchup Friday against Finland.

Ended up going to the UC-DePaul basketball game last night, glad I did. While we shot 0-9 from three point range and 14-32 from the free throw line, we still won. Make a couple threes and some more free throws it's a 20 point blow out. Lance Stephenson had the best dunk I've ever seen in person. I went nuts. The crowd went nuts. Born Ready went nuts. He posterized some player on DePaul, basically stiffed armed him too..check out the link below to see the video of the dunk..

Lance Stephenson aka Born Ready, posterization.

Posters are already being made...

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The Man.

The actual season of spring, and the spring break part could not come soon enough. Myself and three friends of mine are traveling to Minnesota this year for the week off. Why? To attend my first ever NBA game, Minnesota Timberwolves vs Toronto Raptors. If you follow the NBA, you're probably wondering why we are going to see the Minnesota Timberwolves play..it's one of the cheapest things to do. Since the T-Wolves aren't so great this year, we got a tremendous deal on the tickets and hotel. Our goal is to attend an NBA game in every city that has a team..I'm extremely excited.

Jack Bauer is THE MAN. 24 is awesome, enough said.

Still debating on whether or not I should go to the UC basketball game tonight vs. Depaul. I have tons of homework and whenever I watch this team it frustrates me more than anything. I'll go because I don't want to be a hypocrite; I've always been annoyed by people who don't attend the games to support the team. Maybe, just maybe this team will finally put together a full 40 minutes of basketball.

Nine days until the first spring training games. I love listening to spring training games, hearing players names that you have never heard of. A little over a month until the regular season starts, cannot wait until opening day. I believe this team has a legit shot of making the playoffs but that's what I think of every Reds team.

The Big Red Machine, would have been awesome to have been alive for those days...

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Glory Days.

Went 6-0 at the rec center friday after classes. Pretty impressive run, felt the burn during and after the games, well worth it though. Played with Alex and Farfsing, had two different players on our team pretty much every time, didn't matter who was with the three musketeers, we held our own. There was a lot of good competition so it's not like we were beating some cupcakes. It's a lot of fun playing down there with friends, especially when you win.

Unless UC pulls off a miracle and wins the Big East Tournament there will be no NCAA tournament, again. Sigh. I miss the glory days, I miss the days of watching the selection show on sunday to see what seed UC would get..not to see if we even got in the tournament. Disappointing loss today in overtime against Marquette 79-76. Pretty frustrating considering we had the ball with 20 seconds left, tied up. With the GREAT (sarcasm) play call we manage to chuck up a fade away three, the shooter being a career 29% 3 pt shooter. Pathetic. Yancy Gates didn't play the last five minutes of regulation and he didn't see the floor all overtime...why? Marquette's tallest player was 6'6. Makes no sense, no one of the Golden Eagles could guard him, great logic benching him Mick. So frustrating.

Speaking of miracles, how about that USA hockey win over Canada tonight? Can honestly say it was probably the first ever hockey game I watched start to finish, it was awesome! Huge upset over the gold medal favorite Canadians, what a great olympics so far the United States. Now can the United States bring home the gold in hockey and create a miracle part II? We'll find out.

Sigh, I miss the glory days of UC basketball..

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Optimistic.

Watched the Tiger Woods press conference today while eating my usual Ham and Cheese sandwich. The apology was exactly what I expected, nothing more nothing less. He stated he was obviously sorry, which I believe and that he didn't know when he'd return to golf. All I have to say is, golf needs him back..ASAP.

Spring training has officially started. I Read countless blogs and websites yesterday about the upcoming baseball season. The most interesting piece I saw was the Reds pitching coach stating that 21 year old Aroldis Chapman could end up making the club as the 5th starter. I for one never thought he had a chance to make the club but it seems like everyone in the Reds organization is being optimistic about his situation.

How about that NBA game last night? Nuggets-Cavaliers, doesn't get any better than that. I still am not sure how Carmelo Anthony pulled off that spin move late in the fourth quarter. Multiple times today walking around I've attempted recreate t the move, epic fail (s.) Lebronwas a beast the whole game, except his last four shots he took that he missed. This overtime thriller was the most exciting NBA regular season game I've ever watched. It was also a lot of fun talking trash today with Cavalier fans. With that being said..look for the Cavaliers to end up with the best record in the NBA this year; with the new addition of Antwan Jamison, I don't see anyone touching them, in the Eastern Conference. Come playoff time, my Nuggets will be ready to beat them again. Lebron will win MVP this year but Melo and company are 2-0 against his team. Can't wait for playoffs!

Enjoy today's photo of Carmelo hitting the game winning shot over Lebron...

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Slap In The Face.

Denver Nuggets basketball coach George Karl has been diagnosed with neck/throat cancer. This is his second fight with cancer, best of luck to his recovery. Nuggets take on the Cleveland Cavs tonight, 8pm TNT. I'm excited now for the game because the Cavaliers pulled off a trade for one of the most underrated big men in the league, Antwan Jamison. He averaged 20 and 10 for Washington, I wouldn't expect those same type of numbers because of Lebron, but the man will tremendously help the team. While I still believe the Nuggets would win a seven game series against the Cavs...look for the Cavaliers to win tonight, hope I'm wrong.

UC basketball is pathetic. Tremendous talent, horrible coaching. Inconsistency comes down to coaching, and this team defines the word inconsistent. It's now or never, essentially we need to win our last five games..with the last three games being against top 10 teams..ha.

Big East is going to get screwed when it comes to NCAA tournament teams. It is looking like they will only get 7 or 8 teams in the tournament. Bobby Knight said "they deserve 12 teams but that will never happen; 7 or 8 teams only making the tournament from the Big East would be a slap in the face." #5 Syracuse vs #10 Georgetown tonight, should be a good one.

Shaun White is pretty impressive, greatest ever of his sport I assume? Not a big follower of snowboarding but what he did las night was pretty impressive. Another gold medal for him, now the kid just needs a haircut.

For the first time in my life I have purchased Reds season tickets!...well kinda. Me and four friends bought the 'power pack.' 10 games, including opening day for 100 bucks. Good deal, can't wait! Today is also the day pitcher and catchers report, spring training is here!

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Thank You Kind Sir.

Snow day! again! Very clutch. The white death part 3 has officially hit Cincinnati. Today's snowfall broke the record for the most snow in Cincinnati on February 15th. Also the total accumulation of the past two weeks has already broken the record for the most snow in the history of the month of February.

UC's victory over UCONN on saturday looks even more impressive now that UCONN just knocked off #3 Villanova. Big game tomorrow night for the Bearcats on the road against South Florida

The blizzard did not keep Ramundo's (local pizza place I work at) from being shut down. We were pretty slow from 4-6, slowest I can ever remember. Some nice gentlemen came down to the shop and and ordered a $5.99 Italian Sausage sandwich. Handed me a crisp twenty dollar bill, said...thanks for coming in and making my food, keep the change. Thank you kind sir.

Not going back to UC tonight, don't wanna make the parents drive in these conditions/I want to watch the olympics on HDTV/I wanna sleep in my bed under the warm down comforter. Doesn't get much better than that.

That is the Truth.