the final countdown...

Just 2 more chances to see your favorite seniors play at the Verizon Center as Hoyas.

Wow.

It's nearly impossible to imagine a game w/o Jon Wallace and Roy Hibbert.

I won't go down memory lane just yet - that will have to be saved for the Louisville pre-game blog. Instead I just want to acknowledge the fact that time, is in fact, winding down.

Tonight's opponent, St. John's, is trying desperately just to qualify for the Big East Tournament, which is of course played on their home court. Times have been tough for the Johnnies but I fully expect them to put up a much better showing than they did almost a month ago up in NYC.

I hope they are able to put this team out of commission early because my main man JWall needs to rest that wrist of his. Tournament time is coming and his Alabama Rainmaker is crucial to advancing.

The following headlines prove that there is entirely too much space reserved for sports "stories": (I mean why should anybody care about these things?)

1. Blazers Center Oden says he's backing Obama. Awesome. This is the same young man that said he was excited to get to Portland because it is near the beaches of Cali. And by young man I mean youngest looking 40 year old I have ever seen in my life.

2. Clemens to pitch spring training batting practice. This guy just won't go away. One of the biggest liars around. I love how pretty much everything Jose Canseco said years ago has turned out to be true. Nobody wanted to believe him but he was straight money.

3. Congress asks Justice Department to probe whether or not Clemens lied. I love how Congress is going after the big issues here. Keep in mind that people still live in trailers in post Katrina New Orleans. Tom Davis gets cised to see his face on SportsCenter. Hundreds of years from now school kids will learn how the fall of America is directly related to lawmakers wasting time with athletes.

And the winner:

4. 9-year old tennis player banned from tennis club for "grunting". Really? This is a top story? I guess in this age of drive by headlines searching for clicks, this wins a seat at the table for 15 or so minutes. I promised myself I wouldn't read this story so that's up to you.

Until later....