King's Things: News & Views from the tournament

Indianapolis, Indiana, hello... No Love for Starbury has this pretty much wrapped up. Even if Vincent Young owes me $500 got the LSU win and all three bonus-point picks correctly, he would still lose by two. It would be his second tough loss in a row after also losing the football pool by the slimmest of margins when Texas somehow beat USC... The loud cursing you may have heard Monday morning was Broyles picking up the paper and reading Mike Anderson took the job at Missouri... Who doesn’t love yarn?... My Craziest Pick of the Tournament award goes to Smitty and Hoppy for taking Florida A&T in the NIT... Call me crazy, gang, but I am taking Triple H to win at Wrestlemania... Better late than never: Well, Kensucky, you did it again... Can anyone tell me what is the deal with that Hollister store in the mall?... The top three entrants in the standings had one thing in common – they all had LSU and UCLA in the Final Four... It should not smell like IHOP up in church... Is Auburn still playing hoops these days?... I liked NOW 21 better the first time when it was called turning on the radio... They put Kevin Harlon and John Thompson on the radio and Packer and Nantz on television???... My annual prediction for Razorback football: Wally will mention the words “Malzahn” and “fellowship” in the first column excusing the performance of the high school offense... Discount Records was a better way to get music to the people... Those black Irish jerseys Notre Dame wore in the NIT had House of Pain written all over them... I still say they canceled “Friends” before it was given a chance... Before there was Young Jeezy, there was old Weezie... In my day reality television meant kick the balloon on the Bozo show... Iowa in the title game? nWo Doug’s Book of Haiku must have filled out his bracket in low lighting and thought it was the NIT championship... “Bravo” is what the fans say when Wayne Messmer sings the national anthem... Kobe sucks. Just wanted to throw that out there... There are scams and then there is the hardback/paperback angle of the book industry... The Colonial Athletic Association? It’s not even a sports conference... There’s AI’s crossover, then there’s Jessie Johnson’s Cross Over... I still say Tiger Woods is the flavor of the month... Stay tuned for Open Phone America.