Hoops

Bracket Busting? How is everyone's bracket doing now? I got ripped in first round, however my final eight picks all survived, and I have 7 of my final 8 still alive after the second round.

However, give it up for Bradley, George Mason and Wichita State. I don't care about my brackets if these teams continue to play their hearts out and win. This is great for the tournament, and it will be great to hear Billy Packard try explain this one away.

Indiana Coaching Search

Spent lots of time this weekend acting like a buffoon, watched some college basketball in between. Thank you Mike Davis, I got free tickets to see the Sweet 16 in Oakland on Thursday, and if Indiana won, I would have been able to see my squad play live for the first time since I graduated. But nooooo...Indiana flopped against a very beatable Gonzaga team.

Indiana held Adam "Pornstache" Morrison to 14 points, but still lost 90-80. I did't know it was possible to give up 90 points in a single college basketball game.

Very indictative of the Davis era: beat by Xs and Os. As Indiana was within 5 after being down by 15, Gonzaga called a timeout and Indiana was rolling. Indiana substituted 5'8" Erik Surr into the game, and Gonzaga went after him. They screened for Adam Morrison, so Surr would have to take him one and one, Morrison took him to the hole, scored and picked up the foul. Indiana wouldn't seriously threaten again.

Good luck Coach Davis, I wish the best somewhere else as you are a good man.

However, I'm looking forward to getting another coach that will bring us back to the top, and his name is not Steve Alford.

Gregg Doyle said it better than I ever could have today:

Indiana: Brace yourself, because this is big. If it's true. Do I think it's true? Actually, I do think it's true (which rhymes). Without further adieu ... we're hearing that Hoosiers athletic director Rick Greenspan has had his interest piqued by Texas A&M coach Billy Gillispie. And you know something? It makes sense. Hiring Gillispie over Steve Alford wouldn't be the most politically savvy move Greenspan could make, but basketball-wise it would be brilliant. Alford would do fine at Indiana. Gillispie would contend for national championships at Indiana. It's as simple as that.

Greenspan is no dummy. He's managed to clean-up the beleagured IU Athletic Department, and has hired two solid coaches for football and women's basketball. Greenspan seems to know a winner when he meets them, and I don't think that he'll opt for the "politically correct" answer in Alford.

Of all the names out there, Billy Gillispie is now at the top of my list.