“Basketball really had its origin in Indiana, which remains the center of the sport.” – James Naismith Rumor has it that Indianapolis received some rave reviews about this year’s Final Four. And why not? Basketball rules the roost in Indiana. And Men’s Final Four weekend is a great celebration of all things basketball. Combining…
High school tournaments are in full swing. Student athletes are delivering heartfelt speeches on Senior Nights. Conference tournaments have started. Selection Sunday is just around the corner. Some upsets have already happened. Congratulations, Illinois State, for knocking off the Shockers today. The ball will soon be tipped for that One Shining Moment. And people are…
When I planned out my posts for the A to Z Challenge, I had a special post in mind for today’s entry. It was going to be all about how Indiana had returned to a Final Four in Atlanta and how this was so special because the program was recently in the deepest and darkest…
After last night’s bracket-busting loss, this post might be more like pouring salt in people’s wounds, but I haven’t been able to get this song out of my head all week. And I don’t care that it screwed up my bracket. I really didn’t think my Final Four picks would happen, but the dream was…
John, Christy’s brother in-law, was given tickets to Friday’s home preseason opener for the Colts as they hosted the Redskins. He couldn’t go. So he gave them to us. So…I was able to accomplish number 83 on my 101(ish) Things list! Needless to say, Aiden was excited. He wore his Dallas Clark jersey to school…
Not a stellar year of picking in the Todd family. Alyson’s bracket didn’t get saved, so we don’t know what her picks really were. Mihret never got the chance to pick. But we’ll definitely make sure she gets to pick hers next year. The way ours panned out this year, she’ll have no problem winning…
Butler may be in the Final Four again (Go Dawgs, by the way), but they don’t have the best March Madness song. Ever! You must go to this site and listen to the song. “Get me a ticket for an aeroplane…” come on now, you know you want to sing along…
Well, it’s that time again: the most wonderful time of the year! The Todd household is furiously filling out our brackets for this year’s tournament. To his credit, Aiden is putting much more thought into this year’s picks. Last year, I went bust thanks to the Jayhawks. Do you remember my Final Four? Here’s who…
I watched the IU/UK game again this past Saturday. For 30 minutes, I thought the impossible might actually come to pass: the rebuilding Hoosiers might pull off a victory. Alas, it wasn’t meant to be. That’s what happens when you don’t hit a field goal for 9 minutes during a game. I don’t want to…
The Butler bandwagon is alive and well. Of course, many fans – especially Duke fans, I’d think – are complaining that the average person cheering for Butler to win tonight couldn’t find Butler on a map, doesn’t know where Hinkle Fieldhouse is, and thinks Hoosiers is about the Bulldogs. And most of the new-found fans…