The Bitter(sweet) End

Season reflection time.

On Constancy

Life as a Hilltopper fan.

A Time to Build

Hopefully, the UCLA was not merely a loss to end a great season, but a starting point for a bright red Hilltopper future.

Don't Call Us David

Debunking David vs Goliath = WKU vs UCLA.

Sweetness

More from my blogging for local CBS affiliate WNKY: "Sweetness." And, it's not about Walter Payton.

My Hilltoppers are Sweet 16 bound and will face juggernaut UCLA. Topper fans, keep believing.

Roger's Brings Rain, Ends Drought

From my blog for local TV station WNKY. Thanks, again, Ty Rogers!

Actual bracket updated through yesterday's games.

Ode to Joy

11.31 pm
Here is a complete bracket after the first round.


4.04 pm
It's only appropriate that I follow the "sadness post" with one of unabashed jubilation. Ty Rogers let fly a 30-footer at the buzzer that had eyes and gave WKU a 101-99 OT win over Drake. It's the first WKU tourney win since 1995 and the first for the Sun Belt in the same time span.

More on this later, as I simply will spend the rest of the day basking in the afterglow. As I wrote earlier in the week, no event is 100% joy/sadness, but this one is close. The tiny slice of sadness in this event is that we will see no more of Drake this season. If not for a superhuman 1st half for WKU, Drake would be moving on. They erased a 16-point deficit in the last 10 mins to send it OT. I wish the win was over someone other than Drake, but it is truly a red letter day in Topperland.