Well my favorite time of the sports calendar is upon us and my Kentucky King of the Wildcats will, once again, make into the Big Dance. New Coach Billy Gillispie has done an outstanding job with this year's team and our seniors (Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford) have really stepped up their games.
i doubt we will go deep in the tournament yet if i were a coach of an opposing team i would not want to play us. We could pull off an upset or two.
As big of a fan of both Kentucky and college basketball as i am, you would have guessed that i have attended some of the tournament games. But last year's game was my first. Jason, Al, and Kevin went with me to watch Kentucky play Villanova. The Kats won. i actually drove to Chicago that morning/afternoon, hung out at a bar waiting for the game...and my friends, watched the game, then turned around and drove home that night. Now that is dedication.
Next year, i am going to start a new annual tradition of attending the SEC tournament in Atlanta. And in 2010 i am going to attend at least one NCAA tournament game...Kentucky game of course.
By the way, for those at all intersted in horses: Kentucky will be hosting the 2010 FEI World Equestrian Games in Lexington from Sept. 25th thru Oct. 10th. This is the first time this event has ever been held outside of Europe though these games are still young having started in 1990. Nevertheless, this is a huge event for the U.S. and Kentucky.
If you are at all interested check out their great web-site: http://www.feigames2010.org/ .
If you go save a day to go to Mammoth Cave National park a few short hours south of Lexington. Mammoth Cave is a remarkable site that should be the 8th natural wonder of the world. MCNP is the United States' second most visited park in the nation (2nd to Niagra Falls).
Here is there website, another really good one: http://www.nps.gov/maca .
And another Mammoth Cave site: http://www.mammothcave.com/ .
My unpaid commercial for the wonderful state of Kentucky has come to an end...for now.
Carpe Diem!
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