It
was an exciting weekend here in this household.
We were glued to the television watching the NCAA Basketball
Championship games. For me, it was the game last
night that had me on the edge of my seat because, I graduated from the University of Cincinnati way too many years ago. Well, that game against Florida
State University was a nail-biter but UC prevailed and the Bearcats are going
to the Sweet Sixteen.
For
those of you who don’t live in the United States (and some of you who do), the
NCAA Basketball Championship is a contest of sixty-eight of the best college
basketball teams in the country. It goes
on during the month of March each year and has been given the name “March
Madness.” If your team manages to get to
this point called the “Sweet Sixteen,” they have accomplished something.
I
never expected that the Bearcats would make this mark. Silly me!
But
the other thing that is exciting about this year for people who grew up in the
state of Ohio, like Greg and me, is that there are four surviving teams from that state, UC of
course, Xavier University (UC’s arch rival also from the Cincinnati area), The
Ohio State University (Columbus, Ohio) and Ohio University (Athens, Ohio), Greg’s Alma Mater. This is the first time that a single state has had
this many teams reach this point. That’s
cool!
The
next step for my team is that they get to play The Ohio State University
Buckeyes so it will be the battle of the two largest schools in Ohio. It might get ugly. But it will also be fun.
So
I have had enough excitement for a while until next weekend. I have decided to comb through my remaining
St. John photos and post a few relaxing shots to calm down and prepare for the week ahead.
