 |  |  CONNNNNNN!
(The Rundown prefers Costanza to Shatner.) And so it was a messy end to March Madness. Connecticut clinched its third title because Butler made all of three two-point shots in the entire game. They couldn't even score accidentally. They did make nine three-point shots. And that total of twelve made shots nicely matches the total number of people who were arrested during the celebrations in Storrs.
"There have been sporadic fires, either dumpster or couch," said a police spokesman. "Not an awful lot though. For the most part the celebrations have been in good nature."
For their part, UConn put up 53 points against Butler's 41 for a grand total of 94 points in the title game. And for the record, three teams have scored at least 94 points all by themselves in the title game (see: Kentucky's 94 in 1978 against Duke, UCLA's 98 in 1964 against Duke, and UNLV's 103 in 1990 against Duke). Maybe this was just great defense. Maybe this was just offensive offense. But regardless, the winner of ESPN.com's Tournament Challenge was BRICK600. Of course it was.
|  |  NO 1
Since Connecticut and Butler were seeded 3rd and 8th respectively, and since Notre Dame and Texas A&M were seeded 2nd and 2nd respectively, this year is the first year ever that both the men's final and the women's final didn't feature one No. 1 seed. It's actually just the second time that the women's final didn't feature one No. 1. The other one was in 1994, and it was one for the ages. Because with 0:00.7 remaining, Charlotte Smith turned a two-point deficit into a one-point win that gave the Tar Heels their first national title. And it was a Carolina team that featured a freshman speedster named Marion Jones.
| |  AMERICAN FOOTBALL HELD HOSTAGE: DAY 25
Two days before he's scheduled to be represented as a named plaintiff in a lawsuit against the NFL, Chiefs linebacker Mike Vrabel found out he could be named as a defendant in a different case, since he was arrested at an Indiana casino. According to KMBC-9 in Kansas City, he was booked for taking "bottles of alcohol from a deli" without paying for them. In Indiana, that sort of thing is a Class-D felony that could send him to prison for up to three years (along with a fine up to $10,000). For his part, Vrabel explained it as "an unfortunate misunderstanding, and I take full responsibility for the miscommunication." To be fair, maybe the bottles were mis-marked.
| |  ELSEWHERE IN MATTERS OF LAW AND ATHLETES
The perjury trial of Barry Bonds is scheduled to resume today after here was no testimony yesterday because one of the jurors was sick. According to the Associated Press, "The Antioch resident, age 60, is a father of four and former helicopter pilot in the Vietnam War who works as a data center engineer for Amazon.com" and suffering from kidney stones that needed a doctor's prescription for Tylenol with codeine. But at least his name is being withheld until after a verdict is reached. Meanwhile, the prosecution is pushing the judge to admit into evidence an apparently newly-discovered secretly-recorded taped conversation between a doctor and former business partner of Mr. Bonds. Meanerwhile, with the perjury trial of Roger Clemens set for July, a (different) federal judge has warned Clemens and Brian McNamee to abide by his gag order, since both have come close to not abiding by it in recent interviews. He also warned them not to flash the octopus. (Not true.)
|  | | | 4-for-4
| Nelson Cruz homered for the 4th straight game to start the season. All solo shots, by the way. He's just the third player in baseball history to hit a tater in 4 straight games to start the season. Mark McGwire did it in 1998. He only finished with 70. Willie Mays did it in 1971. He only finished with 18. Wait, what?
| | | |  | "A larger question that remains unanswered is whether we can expect to see similar foreclosures and short sales from other Kings players, coaches, staff and employees, if the team leaves for Anaheim next year."
Kevin Martin used to be a King in Sacramento, but now he's a Rocket in Houston. And the house that used to belong to him in Sacramento now belongs to the bank that foreclosed on it. He owes $1.5 million on the mortgage. The Rockets owe him more than $11 million this season, and more than $12 million in each of the next two seasons. Just sayin'.
| "[Carol] is doing fine. She may be on some pain medication, but the win is probably the best medicine."
Carol is the mother of Stacy Lewis, the LPGA Kraft Nabisco champion, who broke a bone in her left leg when she jumped into the water off of the 18th green on Sunday. It's part of a tournament tradition, and it just landed her in the Bill Gramatica / Chris Coghlan Memorial Celebration Injury Hall of Fame.
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