Good timing

Through Library Thing today’s mail brought me a review copy of When March Went Mad, Seth Davis’s new book about the 1979 college basketball season culminating in the NCAA Championship Final game between Larry Bird’s Indiana State and Magic Johnson’s Michigan State. According to Wikipedia there were only 40 teams in the tournament, not the …

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Saturday’s alright for. . .washing?

Busily washing towels, sheets and clothing between shots. My old neighbor UCLA went down to ignominious defeat to the Broad Street Bullies Villanova Wildcats, so I’m now 29 for 35, but Washington is worrying me. Update: Bah. I was right to worry. I’m now 31-38 and I’ve slipped to 15th in my pool.