…so I gave you a Far Side cartoon, instead.

Well, it’s now March. March means spring is closer. It also means it’s time for the greatest sporting event over the year*, the NCAA Tournament. While we’re not quite there yet, it’s tantalizingly close. Smaller conferences have begun their tournaments, and the high-majors only have one or two regular season games remaining. Speaking of smaller conferences, the Atlantic Sun has itself in an odd quandary. Here’s an informative article on how a 10-22 Stetson Hatters team has bulldozed their way to the A-Sun title game, but isn’t eligible for the Big Dance, and the weird fallout that could ensue.
When smaller conference tournaments start, it’s akin to when the CorporateLongnameDotCom Bowls in Amarillo, TX start ten days before Christmas. It’s the hor d’ourves to the appetizers, the second course (high major conferences tournies), and finally, Selection Sunday, and finally the NCAA.

Blax had the ingenuous idea of starting a DOF Bracket Meltdown, which is just a brilliant idea. They’ll be more info on that as it develops.

Speaking of low- and mid-major basketball, there’s actually a lot of them featured on national TV tonight. All times are in EST, the only time zone that matters.

Kent State @ Akron TWWL2 (19:00 EST), Ball State (heh) @ N. Illinois CBSSN (19:30), Austin Peay @ Belmont (19:30) TWWLU, a shit load more on Watch TWWL/TWWL3/whatever name they are today

Texas @ Oklahoma State (21:00 TWWL2) is the only “big boy” conference game on TV.

The NHL only has three games tonight, and two of them are dogs. HOWAVAH: WAS @ NYR is a hell of a tilt, and it should be on nationally, but Gary Bettman continues to just the worst.

The NBA has it’s usual Friday night takeover on TWWL, with WAS @ CLE at 19:00, followed by ATL @ LAL at 22:30. Hey, see that, I did pay some attention to the NBA!

Alright, that’s enough of my inane shit. Let’s start the drankin’.

*If you disagree, I’ll stab you with a screwdriver.