March Madness...not just hoops

The #12 Ohio State Buckeyes (9-4, 20-4) knocked off #16 Michigan State (7-6, 19-8) up in East Lansing last night, 79-68, moving them into a tie for first place in the Big Ten with Iowa (9-4, 20-7.) tOSU will be home this weekend against TSUN at 12:30 PM CT on Saturday. TSUN just knocked off the Fighting Illini on Tuesday night.

The Miami Redhawks (12-3, 16-8) also won last night, taking down Akron (12-3, 19-7) at Millett Hall in Oxford, Ohio by the score of 63-60. Miami is now in a tie with Akron for second place in the MAC East just one game behind Kent State (13-2, 20-7.) The Redhawks will take on the Golden Flashes at Kent on Saturday at 1:00 PM CT.

My Co-rec indoor soccer team fell again last night, 5-4, dropping our record to a pitiful 0-7 with one game to play in the regular season. We actually led in this one 3-0 before surrendering five straight goals. We also played the entire game with an extra player as our opponents only had one girl show up for the game. One more loss and I'll have participated in the first winless season of my life in any sport. In fact, this may be the first losing team I've played for (aside from the fraternity) since high school.

Thankfully March is right around the corner. Although the league doesn't start until April, it'll be nice to get back outside and knock the ball around with my club team. They play very unselfish soccer and it shows in the results as they have won two consecutive Glenview Suburban League titles. This year they are moving up to the Northwest Suburban Soccer League and I'm very excited to join them. We may even be practicing this weekend in the temperature stays above 40!