Weekend winners
* The NCAA tournament in general. We finally got some drama and good games. That’s good. (Well, not on the women’s side, but that’s another topic entirely.) The craziness of the first two days has settled for the most part – with the huge exception of Syracuse, which got to the Final Four as a 10-seed (and made a winner out of Mark S.) – and the quality of the Final Four is pretty excellent.
* Buddy Hield. Speaking of excellent. Dude is in some rarified company. In the last 30 years, players to average 25 points per game and lead their team to the Final Four are named Larry Bird, Glen Rice, Dennis Scott and Buddy Hield, who was awesome Saturday night with 37 points as the Sooners toppled No. 1 seed Oregon.
* Jason Day. Dude is golfing his ball and is the No. 1 player in the world. He however does not measure himself against other golfers by height.
* Whomever placed a $100 bet on Syracuse in January. That ticket, if the Orange wins two more, would be worth $100,100.