Today is a great day to be a UD bball fan

I was just reading the Dayton Daily News online and saw that Xavier guard Mark Lyons, who like his back court mate Tu Holloway, were Dayton killers this year, will not be returning for his senior season. Lyons has finished school one year early.

As a Die-hard UD fan, I have a lot of respect for XU as a program. I just did not like how this years Xavier's squad acted.

What a Sunday at Augusta.

What a Sunday at a Augusta. It all started on the Par 5 on Louis Osstethisun's 2nd shot, double eagle. He would be in the lead for the next 2 hours. Guys like Phil Mickelson, Bubba Watson, Matt Kuchar would all try to make a run. Mickelson missed the green on 4 way left. Kuchar barely missed eagle on 13, but then birdied the hole and then Eagled the 15th to tie the lead. Osstethisun regained the lead shortly there after. Then as Watson and Louis were on the Par 3 16th, Watson birdied the 16th and the second to last foursome would be tied. It would go into a sudden death playoff, like every Major Golf tournament should be. Watson then hit a shot for the ages on the second sudden death hole from the right side of the fairway. He would par the hole and win his first green jacket and major. Well done Bubba.

This is Kentucky's best team since 1996

To me, this is Kentucky's best team since 1996. Rick Pitino was the Head Coach. Their Starting Five was Antoine Walker, Derek Anderson, Walter McCarty, Anthony Epps and Tony Delk. Four of the five got drafted by the NBA. They swept the SEC and won the National Championship by beating Syracuse in the Final, thanks to Tony Delk's 24 points and 7 three pointers and 20 points from Ron Mercer.

The 2003 team was good as well. Keith Bogans, Jules Camera, Marquis Estill, Cliff Hawkins and Gerald Fitch. That team was spectacular on the defensive end. Bogans was the SEC player of the year and that team swept the SEC, won the tournament championship at the Superdome. In the regional semi against Wisconsin, there season turned upside down, Keith Bogans sprained his ankle and waiting for them in the regional final was Dwayne Wade and Marquette, who bounced Kentucky from the Tournament and advanced to the final four.

Seven years and two head coaches later, John Calipari came to Lexington. He brought a new attitude and a Pitino like style. He has recruited relentlessly in the three years he has been there. John Wall, Brandon Knight and Marcus Teague. I like how Calipari has brought a new way of winning to Lexington. Kentucky fans have waited fourteen years for this moment. This is Kentucky's time. GO BIG BLUE.

It's Masters Week

How Sweet must it be for 3 of Golfs Greatest Champions and finest Gentlemen to be the honorary starters at the Masters:

Gary Player Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer

I am very excited about this week. I think its going to be an exciting tournament and here are my top five:

Phil Mickelson
Tiger Woods
Rory McIlory
Grahme McDowell
Bubba Watson

Tiger is due for a Major. He was right there a year ago, but missed an Eagle putt on #14 and a birdie putt on #16 that would have put him in the lead

I can also see Rory make a charge as well.

20 years ago tonight... The Fab Five is going to the Final Four

On this night in 1992, The Ohio State Buckeyes took on the Michigan Wolverines. The Buckeyes were led by Jim Jackson, Lawerence Funderburke, Chris Jent, Mark Baker, Alex Brown.

The Wolverines were led by of course the Fab Five: Jalen Rose, Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Ray Jackson and Jimmy King.

The game was a tight one. It would come down to a fina possession in Regulation. Chris Jent missed a baseline leaner that would have won it, but it missed as the game moved into overtime.

Michigan would prove to be too much in the extra frame. As the Wolverines outlasted the Buckeyes 76-72 and ended the College Careers of Jim Jackson, Chris Jent, Mark Baker and Alex Brown.

What a weekend... Tiger winning the AP Invitational, Kentucky and Ohio State going to the Final Four

First, hats off to Tiger Woods on winning the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Well done Tiger, you deserve it and I am very impressed with how well his game has been going this year.

Ohio State and Kentucky going to New Orleans. Pretty awesome. Go Bucks and Go Big Blue.

Its hard for me to believe...

It's hard for me to believe that US Bank Arena, formerly called Riverfront Coliseum, The Crown and The First Star Center, has not hosted a Men's NCAA Tournament Game in twenty years. With the success of Xavier University Basketball, that could very well bring the NCAA tournament back to the Queen City. In March of 1992, Riverfront Coliseum hosted the first and second round games of the NCAA Tournment. Ohio State, North Carolina, Alabama, UCONN and Miami University all played there. The second round featured games between North Carolina, led my Eric Montross, Hubert Davis, George Lynch and Alabama  In the other game, Ohio State would was led by Legend Jim Jackson, Chris Jent, Lawerence Funderburke, Mark Baker and the Buckeyes defeated UCONN by a significant margin. Yes, I remember the floor that was Red with white Cincinnati letters on the end lines on both ends of the court and it said Riverfront Coliseum in small black letters on both sides of the half court circle.

Kentucky used to play a home game a year from 1998-2008, a 10 year contract. The lone loss, Dayton 68-66 in 1999.