Ramon's News & Views:Thoughts on the Final Four and More

It's like Lotto, you've got to be in it to win it... The University of Gondwanaland has opened up a sizable lead heading into the Final Four after correctly picking all of the Great Eight and Final Four teams with bonus points coming from moneyball team Michigan State. However, Three Boys on Antibiotics still has a chance if his moneyball team, also Michigan State, can make all of us sick by winning the tournament and fooling the pundits into thinking Big Ten basketball has any relevance and is more exciting than watching a high school practice. I think he will also need to pick up the NIT and women's bonus points to win it, though... Only the wallets at the NCAA could take one of the greatest sporting events the world has to offer and try to suck the atmosphere out of it by playing most of the regionals in half-full domed football fields. At least there was the FedEx Forum, one of the best arenas in the country that anyone within a two-hour drive should have already visited... Although it will have its critics, count me as one of the many eagerly anticipating "High School Musical 4: Where's Chang?"... Memo to Dick Enberg: I know they wouldn't allow it at Wimbledon unless it's someone in the locker room who just got beat by Federer, but it's OK to say "40 minutes of hell" during a college basketball broadcast, especially when it's already past 10 p.m... Yes, the Bulls of yore are hard to top, but for my money starting line-ups don't get better than Moses Guthrie, Rev. Grady Jackson, Jamal Malik Truth, Bullet Haines, and Winston Runninghawk... Amen Corner? Try amen when I don't have to hear about "The Masters" every 10 minutes... I agree with the guy about Coke Zero. The other guy shouldn't have had the whole bottle because what is the point without sugar and caffeine... My annual prediction for Razorback football: The UA will send me more e-mails touting Dodge trucks that are disguised as sports news... I can't put my finger on it, but there is something about this year's tournament coverage on CBS that is making it the best year ever... If you are talking about the art of eating pancakes, you are talking about me at Ozark Mountain Smokehouse, my friend... The good thing about Michigan State's uniforms is that the players can also go as Green Lantern for Halloween... See you at Wrestlemania 25.

Final Four standings

(with championship pick followed by runner-up)

198 - University of Gondwanaland (North Carolina-Connecticut)
164 - Three Boys on Antibiotics (Michigan State-Pittsburgh)

163 - The Creature Who Calls Himself Trelane (North Carolina-Connecticut)
162 - Grady and Melvin (Louisville-North Carolina)

155 - Aunt Jemina's love for eating at Roscoe's House of Chicken and Waffles while once again losing the Dr. Judo NCAA Tournament (North Carolina-Memphis)
154 - Late Night With Vinegar Bend Mizell and the Doobie Sullivan Orchestra (Louisville-North Carolina)
153 - Mean Gene the Vaccinator (North Carolina-Louisville)
152 - More Cowbell (Connecticut-Villanova)
151 - The Stimulus Package (Oklahoma-Connecticut)
151 - Mr. Lawson’s House of Pain (Louisville-Duke)

150 - Sleepless in Russellville (Louisville-Oklahoma)
147 - Chief Goodwill (Pittsburgh-Louisville)

146 - UnTouchable Force Organization (Memphis-North Carolina)
146 - PBR on T-A-P (Louisville-North Carolina)
145 - Exposition Headache (Louisville-North Carolina)
143 - Ballistic Bulldogs (Duke-Memphis)
143 - The Party Starter (Memphis-North Carolina)

143 - Hottie Hog (Memphis-Duke)
142 - The Teacher (Pittsburgh-Memphis)
140 - D. Romeo (Louisville-North Carolina)
140 - Everybody's Bitch (Oklahoma-Kansas)
138 - Danger Bro 1, Johnny Speed (Louisville-Pittsburgh)
138 - Purple Cat (Louisville-North Carolina)

137 - DJ Jazzy Josh (Connecticut-North Carolina)

134 - Who Watches Pygsterio? (Louisville-Pittsburgh)
131 - The Karaoke Master (Pittsburgh-Memphis)
129 - Danger Bro 2, Jack Turbo (Memphis-North Carolina)
128 - Ouzo Effect (Pittsburgh-Louisville)
126 - Sam Dellinger (Memphis-Duke)
122 - L.R. Pound (Syracuse-Memphis)
115 - Bonner Bobblehead Fan (North Carolina-Louisville)
99 - Nice Guy Eddie the Partyball Courier (Louisville-Syracuse)

50 - My imaginary friend "Curt" (Wake Forest-Butler)