College Basketball Tournaments Update

All four regional top seeds made the national semi-finals (Saturday, commencing around 6:10 with Florida a 2 or so point(s) “fave” vs Auburn, followed by Duke with 5 crowns and a plurality “choice” for a sixth, favored by 5 vs Houston, which is in its 7th national “semi” and still seeking a first basketball or football title), as on Sunday past, Houston ripped Tennessee while Auburn “covered/all teased” Michigan State (still just the one Izzo title, Jud Heathcote won as many, that Izzo such 25 years into the “rear view” (ode to Jimmy Stewart–picture will be of the same name baseball player).

Tomorrow night’s, once prestigious, but no longer (Dad used to ask any good teams left for the N.I.T. which he saw in its glory days), National Invitational Tournament, now no longer in New York but at Hinkel Field House (ode to Gene Hackman and the movie, “Hoosiers”) matches Cal Irvine and Tennessee Chattanooga.

The Anteaters (Irvine) is/are a 3 plus point(s) favorite.

Oh do I recall Jimmy Stewart, pictured above, hitting a 3RHR in a Reds’ second game of a doubleheader, (5-2) win at Shea Stadium, vs the Mets in an “indicative” 1970 tilt.