Eric and Lisa

We just had a crazy weekend of basketball! We put on our annual March Madness Extravaganza party, which started on Thursday at noon and ended yesterday (Sunday) at 8pm. We had a free online account with March Madness On-Demand, which allowed us to hook up one TV to a computer (patching the video through), use our regular TV with cable, and be able to watch two games at once! We could have hooked up more computers to be able to watch four games at once on Thursday and Friday during the first round of the tournament, but there wasn't really a need. At any rate, Eric was able to see large portions of all 48 games that were shown from Thursday to Sunday, which he enjoyed, but he's actually pretty ready to get back to work now! We had fun with all of the guests that came to watch with us, and a LOT of food was consumed over the course of the four days.

Highlights from the past four days:
-- Indiana beating Gonzaga on the very last game of the first day -- Yeah Hoosiers!
-- Purdue beating Arizona in the first round, and very handily at that -- Good job, Boilermakers!
-- The Big Ten going 5-1 in the first round (stinkin' Illinois was the one who lost)
-- Duke being kicked out in the first round (we don't like them Blue Devils)
-- Both Indiana and Purdue playing hard in their close losses to UCLA and Florida, respectively

All in all, it was a fun four days of basketball, friends, and food, and while we're sad that it's over, it will be nice to get back to "real life." It's nice to know we've still got two weekends of good college basketball before the summer sports drought begins.

--Lisa

PS: I'll let Eric update you all on the results of his pre-season predictions (see the blog for November 13th, 2006)