10 Things For A Monday

It's been a busy couple of days around here lately, so here is the first of the good ole bloggin' standby, 10 things. Well actually it's taken from Peter King's Monday Morning Quarterback column on SI. It's a good read, and I'd suggest that you take a gander, even in the off-season there is some stuff. I use to be big on the NFL, but the gig is crazy in the fall, so I read this every Monday to catch up on the NFL.

Anyways onto the thoughts of the day

1. It looks like Pettitte will miss his next spring training start with back spasms. This could be tricky with the rotation this season if one of the older starters goes down, then you will have to rely on one of the younger and unproven rookies.

2. Good luck Graig Nettles who will undergo surgery for prostate cancer. Growing up I was a big fan of him, had his poster on the wall and all of that.

3. The LoHud Yankees Blog has a projection on the makeup of the bullpen, it looks like there will be a long-man, which could be either Jeff Karstens, Darrell Rasner or Kei Igawa. Here is another look at what could be part of the bullpen.

4. Okay, who has the remaining 16 teams in the NCAA men's basketball tournament?

5. North Carolina has scored something like 200 points in two NCAA Tourney games, but for some reason I don't think they will win it.

6. Memphis is a favorite in many but I don't see them winning it either.

7. Same for Tennessee.

8. Nice job by the former rent provider in putting on a good show in the women's shindig.

9. Sorry for no live blog on Friday, took the chance to enjoy the day and get out and take a road trip. I will try to do something for the Sweet 16 games.

10. Since the MLB season starts tomorrow, later I will post my predictions, division-by-division, and the major awards as well. Look for those later tonight.

Etc. By the way which assistant coach at a big time program passed up Stephen Curry, he has scored at least 30 points in the last three NCAA Tourney games, and scored 30 in the second half in the first game this year.