Random Basketball Notes 3/16/09

• Good job, Mizzou, on Saturday. I didn't want Baylor to get lucky (-er) and I can set aside my distaste for all things Missouri in order to root for the Big 12 North team. Congrats, Tigers.
• Sorry K-State, the world hates you and there is no justice. It really is too bad. It also would have been nice to have Bill Walker still with the team, who currently is getting three points and six minutes per game with the Celtics.
  
• Big 12 teams in the tourney: Oklahoma (2), Kansas (3), Missouri (3), Texas (7), Oklahoma State (8), and Texas A&M (9). I guess that means the NCAA thought that Oklahoma won the Conference. Mmmm.
• Teams at the Sprint Center in Kansas City this week: Cal v. Maryland and Memphis v. Cal St. Northridge (who?), Clemson v. Michigan and Oklahoma v. Morgan St.
• What happened to "economic considerations" is seeding teams such that they play games with less traveling? To make the Final Four, the fortunate Jayhawks only have to travel to Minneapolis, Indianapolis, and then Detroit. But most teams are crisscrossing the country as much as ever. Poor UCLA must play in Philadelphia and then Boston to get to Detroit. Both Arizona and Arizona St. have to start in Miami. Talk about jet lag.
  
• And how is that Duke and North Carolina get to play virtual home games in Greensboro, North Carolina?!
• I'll set up my annual "Sweet 16" game tomorrow. Check back soon to add your list of top 16 teams.