Monday Musings March Madness Vol. 2

     The Madness has begun and is there a better way to start the week than with this fine young man, Stephan Putnam, a freshman at North Florida University and the future of our great nation. If you don't know who he is, you will soon. On a side note, North Florida is wearing dancing shoes for the first time in school history.

• Congratulations to Kyle Collinsworth of BYU who just earned his 6th triple double of his career (all this year) and joins Shaq and Drexel's Michael Anderson as the all-time Division I NCAA leaders. He's got a couple games left to break the record, another reason to tune in to the madness.
• Congratulations to Kentucky for a perfect regular season, 31-0. Dollars to doughnuts they don't end the year with a perfect record - hit me up, I'm good for it. My favorite teams growing up were Jerry Tarkanian's UNLV Runnin' Rebels. They had a perfect season back in '90-'91 and they were a shoe-in to win it all with the highest average margin of victory in history. You better check yourself before you wreck yourself Kentucky, we all remember how that season turned out. And don't forget Wichita State last year.
• The Manhattan Jaspers (of Brooklyn) just clinched their second NCAA bid in a row. Yes you heard correctly, the Jaspers. If you thought, "What the filth is a Jasper?" well you absolutely aren't alone. The Jaspers are named after Brother Jasper of Mary who served at the college in the late 19th century. Now you know. Oddly enough, he was also their first baseball coach and the inventor of the 7th inning stretch now celebrated in every major league game. He's now your answer to a trivia question someday too. Check this out:  http://www.gojaspers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=640189
• And lastly, for the first time in my life, I made the Kiss Cam at the Bakersfield vs. Utah Valley men's basketball game on Saturday. After the move I made on my beautiful wife, I'm pretty sure we'll never be put on the Kiss Cam again if and when we are someday allowed back in the arena. We have a fun, family friendly Fan Cam dance all prepared for games we attend, but let's suffice it to say that I shoulda kept it PG on the Kiss Cam.

One last look at Mr. Putnam just doing his thang: http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=12452966.

And the madness rolls on.

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