Post Number 111

618. Here is a map showing the location of the 16 remaining teams in the NCAA basketball tournament - the geographical center is just a little southwest of Cincinnati (there are two balloons in Cincinnati - one for Xavier and one for UC)

There’s a definite Midwestern feel to this year’s NCAA Sweet 16, and exactly half of the teams are located in Ohio or a neighboring state.  The good thing is that Archie Miller gets to recruit against all of these schools which are all a three or four hour drive max from the University of Dayton.

619. In 1962, Ohio was on top of the college basketball world, as the Bearcats beat the Jerry Lucas-John Havlicek Buckeyes for the second straight year. Dayton also won the NIT that year.
That was the last time an Ohio team won the NCAA Tournament
In the 49 years since then, 17 states and Washington, D.C., have seen teams win championships.

11 California           10 North Carolina                              5 Kentucky            
3 Michigan              3 Indiana                                            3 Connecticut        
2 Kansas                 2Florida                 One title: Illinois, Texas, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Arkansas, Arizona, Maryland, New York, Washington, D.C.
Maybe Ohio is due.

Some St. Patrick's Day uniforms from Spring Training:

and my favorite:

620. A little GREEN DAY for your Tuesday - Wake me up When September Ends:

Some cool math:

11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12,321
1,111 x 1,111 = 1,234,321
11,111 x 11,111 = 123,454,321
111,111x 111,111 = 12,345,654,321
1,111,111 x 1,111,111 = 1,234,567,654,321
11,111,111 x 11,111,111 = 123,456,787,654,321
111,111,111 x 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321