Hey James,

Rock Chalk,  We needed a little bit more offense, we did better then the last time we played in early Jan.  We’ll be back next year.  Hopefully Collins and Aldrich.  They say Cole Aldrich’s Dad lost his job in Minnesota late last year and that might cause him to go ahead but really he needs another year, Collins they say is ready now but he says hes having a good time and not in a hurry.  I can’t complain we have a great program and Self is a good coach it took us a while after losing Roy Williams and we were bitter around here after Roy left for Carolina and won there.  After we thumped the Tar Heels good last year and got the monkey off our back we feel good and all was forgiven with Roy.  You know Dean Smith and Adolph Rupp were both Kansas boys and many around here always rooted for Tar Heels if KU was out.

Detroit was good to us last year when we won our title coincidentally it was also the same path that Danny Manning and the miracles took 20 years earlier when we won.

My youngest is 12 and was rooting for The Spartans over the Trojans you know a rematch of the Battle of Troy.

Good Luck with UConn they look pretty tough.

My husband hated sports, too, which was sad for me since I grew up addicted to racing - my grandpa owned a car that he took to the local drag strip, and for a while my dad and a friend had a car at the local dirt track, and we all got together and watched the NASCAR races every week.  I also fell in love with basketball in junior high, since the coach at my school was so good and we won all the time! City league champs quite a few years - then that same coach (Steve Eck) went to the high school I went to, and we were State champs most of the years he was there. Now he’s at a community college - he was recognized a couple of years ago for winning his 600th game - he’s just an amazing coach, and I still love basketball thanks to him!  I just didn’t watch it much when my husband was alive. As for racing, I usually watched the Daytona 500 and that was it.  Actually, old habits die hard - I still haven’t gotten back in to the habit of watching them when I’m alone - only when I’m around my family, or if I talk to them beforehand and remember that it’s going to be on…

EKA,

I was so glad to see Boston win last year, I don’t follow pro much but Paul Pierce is a KU Jayhawk so I have always followed how he is doing.  I  root for the pro teams that have our beloved Jayhawks like Mario Chalmers who tied us last year with Memphis and sent us into overtime to win, he is now with the Miami Heat.  We also won a national championship 20 years ago so it was an anniversary for KU and then to have Paul Pierce win it was all good last year for Kansas basketball. Enjoy the game and I am sue it is hard to get away from crazy March fans in UConn country.