From left, Kentucky’s Tyler Ulis sleeps while Skal Labissiere and Alex Poythress check their phones as other members of the men’s college basketball team watch the NCAA tournament selection show at the home of head coach John Calipari on Sunday, March 13, 2016, in Lexington, Ky. (AP Photo/James Crisp) Weekend winners
College basketball. Man this week is fun. (And kudos to the committee for realizing the Mocs deserved no worse than a 12. More to come on that.) But the brackets and the games and the Thursday-Friday thrillers. This is a sports week that is awesome in its awesomeness.
TFP readers. There’s no one better on college hoops than TFP ace sports columnist Mark Wiedmer, who was awesome the last week or so and will continue to be this week as college basketball takes center stage. Here’s today’s column in which Weeds picks his Final Four and his winner. (Yes, he goes off the reservation here.)
The Greek Freak. You don’t know who this is do you? That’s OK, not many non-NBA junkies or those outside of greater Milwaukee area know the name GIannis Antetokounmpo (and if I misspelled it, who would know) but dude is a budding superstar in the league. He had a triple double Sunday – his fourth in his last 11 games – as the 6-foot-11, 22-year-old went for 28-11-14 with four steals and two blocks. Greek Freak, indeed.
Kevin Harvick and NASCAR. Another race, another name-winner and another photo finish.