Old Mike spent Tuesday night in the warmth and safety of his home, listening to Internet streaming audio and good old-fashioned AM radio.
I heard Drake's rollercoaster ride of a tough 1-point loss to Bradley via Internet, and Iowa's rally from a hideous hole in edging Northwestern 53-51 thanks to good old WMT-AM. Drake commentator Dolph Pulliam was a lot more upbeat than Iowa play-by-play guy Gary Dolphin for most of the night, but Dolphin's team got the win and Dolph's blue leather suit finally produced no good luck at Drake's Knapp Center.
Iowa and Drake have vastly different records, but both have this in common: They each have a few games left they can lose. Drake goes to Butler Saturday. Iowa visits Michigan State. Tough duty for both.
Meanwhile, there's this from Richard Stevens of the Albuquerque Tribune urging Indiana to hire New Mexico Coach Steve Alford to replace soon-to-be-deposed Kelvin Sampson:
http://abqtrib.com/news/2008/feb/19/richard-stevens-alfords-indiana-return-destiny/
I don't care how difficult it may be to use the "comments" feature of this blog, you good people have to have something to say about this.