April 2nd update

Madness ends tonight

• The NCAA Tournament has seen 66 teams fall and now only the Kansas Jawhawks and Kentucky Wildcats remain. The big storyline concerns the coaches, as Bill Self and John Calipari faced off in 2008, in one of the most tightly contested title games ever, which Self's Kansas squad won in overtime after a thrilling comeback and a clutch 3 pointer by Mario Chalmers.
• Kentucky has more talent, led by star C Anthony David and Forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist but Kansas has one of the best forwards in the nation in Thomas Robinson, a great PG in Tyshawn Taylor and one of the nation's best shotblockers (apart from Davis) in Center Jeff Withey.
• It should be a good game no matter what and a large number of viewers is expected. The game starts tonight at 9:23 EST.


Linsanity done (for now)

• New York Knicks breakout star Point Guard Jeremy Lin is likely out for the rest of the regular season with a small but debilitating torn meniscus in his left knee. Lin is out for about 6 weeks after having surgery. With the Knicks last regular season game on April 26th, Lin is likely out for the rest of the regular season.
• The Knicks Lin-lead resurgence drove the team from 8 games under-500 to just above 500 and into playoff contention. Now, the Knicks (who were never planning on relying on Lin) will have to stave off the Milwaukee Bucks in an effort to stay in the playoff race long enough for Lin to come back from his surgery.
• It remains to be seen how Lin will recover and to what extent his current production will return. Lin relied on his quickness to succeed, and is optimistic that he will recover from this procedure and is hopeful to be back with the Knicks next year.
• The Knicks coach Mike D'Antoni resigned midseason but the team seems to have played better under replacement coach Mike Woodson who led the Atlanta Hawks to the playoffs multiple times in the late 2000's.