A little basketball, some Bourdain and other thoughts from the weekend

Hi there. Well here's your Final Four. Kentucky, UConn, Butler and the Rams of Virginia Commonwealth. So I'm watching the Kentucky/North Carolina game and here I am rooting for the TarHeels even though I picked Kentucky to beat UNC to make the Final Four. Let's just say all four of those Elite Eight games were incredible and that's just one of the reasons why these three weeks are some of the best in sports. How cool is it that it's Butler and not Duke making it back to Final Four! That will be one heck of semi-final game when two of the best young coaches in college basketball in Brad Stevens of Butler and Shaka Smart from VCU match minds. You look at UConn and what they've done winning 9 games in the last 19 days and think how tough the Big East really was this year. They finished ninth during the regular season. Watching BYU lose to Florida was tough, but Arizona beating Duke later that night helped me get over it a lot faster. I know the BYU/Florida game went into overtime, but I thought both teams shot the ball poorly. You could have built a nice fireplace or outdoor barbecue with the bricks they were laying. I got asked a question from a friend about who's the player of the year in college. I should have took the fifth for fear of prosecution. Sorry everybody, you're gonna hate my answer. My choice is Kemba Walker from UConn. "The Leccese Curse" reared its ugly head. Last week, I declared how pleased I was that I didn't have listen to Gus Johnson calling any action during the first couple rounds of the tournament. So I rush home to watch BYU Thursday night and who's doing the play by play in New Orleans? If you guessed Gus Johnson, you move on to the bonus round. So Knicks fans how's that Carmelo Anthony trade working out? Not so good right now huh? The only "D" I've seen from the Knicks lately are the ones in the last names of D'Antoni and Stoudemire. When I wasn't watching college basketball, The Travel Channel had a "No Reservations" mini marathon on. You know my feelings about Tony Bourdain. Nuff said. Lawrence Taylor got six years probation for his rape charge of an underage girl. He goes on Fox News for an interview with Sheppard Smith and some of his answers made Charlie Sheen's recent rants sounding like Charlie was a card carrying member of Mensa. Sorry L.T., I admit that I'm not the most sexually experienced male on the planet, but unlike you I have never had or never will have the desire to hire a prostitute or female escort to improve my experience level. You claim all males have done it or want to do it. Orioles manager Buck Showalter recently contracted a case of foot in mouth disease. He made disparaging comments about both Derek Jeter and Red Sox's GM Theo Epstein. Talk about attacking two tank battalions with a BB gun. Who was he getting advice from, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson? So I got these tomato seeds from one of the garden supply companies that I order stuff from. I wanted to know what variety of tomato they were because it didn't say on packet. I contact the company to find out and they replied back, "We don't know either." That will be a big help to me when I start them in the next week or two and the label that I make to identify them says, "Don't a have clue what kind of tomato this is." This weeks' sign of the apocalypse comes from England where an appliance company is selling refrigerators with the likenesses of Prince William and Kate Middleton on them. I have one question. How much will it cost Prince Charles for the rehearsal dinner and bar tab at the reception? I didn't miss the Federation Tournament of Champions being held at the Civic Center this year did you?. Finally, thanks Jimmer Fredette...Leccese out.