Well, It Ent The French Open, But We Reckon Yannick Was Impressed



Meet Joakim, field goal kicker and Spawn of Yannick - seen here in even happier days:



In any case, the auld backdoor Princeton offence of Georgetown has been sent packing 57-53 and the Gators will play Villanova for the rights to the Final Four.



They needed overtime but in a match of Huskies, U Conn defeated Washington 98-92. Are we on a collision course for a Big East Semifinal Four?

And speaking of collision courses, what the hell are George Mason doing in the Final Eight?

George Mason.



"...In 1774 Mason again was in the forefront of political events when he assisted in drawing up the Fairfax Resolves, a document that outlined the colonists' constitutional grounds for their objections to the Boston Port Act. Virginia's Declaration of Rights, framed by Mason in 1776, was widely copied in other colonies, served as a model for Jefferson in the first part of the Declaration of Independence, and was the basis for the federal Constitution's Bill of Rights."

It won't do the George Mason Patriots much good against U Conn, of course. The only question is, will they make it a game or will they fold like lawn chair in winter?

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Of today's games, Sports Amnesia's crack team of visionaries see victories for Memphis and LSU.

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From the Unsolicited Information Department

Teams who have made great leaps of imagination in the 21st century:

2005: Chicago White Sox (+16 wins), Cleveland (+13)
2004: St. Louis (+20), Texas (+18), Anaheim (+15), San Diego (+13)
2003: Kansas City (+21), Florida (+12), Chicago Cubs (+11)
2002: Anaheim (+24), Atlanta (+13), Boston (+11)
2001: Seattle (+25), Chicago Cubs (+23), Houston (+21), Philadelphia (+21), Minnesota (+16), Oakland (+11)
2000: Chicago White Sox (+20), St Louis (+20), Seattle (+12), San Francisco (+11)

Pirates, 13 losing seasons since Barry Bonds left as a free agent for the bright lights of San Fransisco in 1992.

Quote of the Morning comes from Craig Burley in Five Questions: Tampa Bay Devil Rays who says of the former Tampa Bay owner:

"Vince Naimoli may have been the most contemptuous owner in the major leagues, which is sort of like being the drunkest guy at Ozzfest or something."

It's just these kind of analogies that keep blog baseball writing going; reaching for that extra dimension that daily newsrag columnists won't or can't get to.

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