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Now that you have scribbled and scratched your way through all of those practice brackets, it's time to make your most serious, most important guesses for the BOTC Official Tournament Challenge. Make your picks and check them twice, because the prize, voted on by our prestigious staff, will make you feel deeply satisfied through your own achievement based on this contest, which is widely admired...pride. It's pride. And no, not of the lion variety.
The first two games of the tournament occurred last night, and if you peaced out before the second half of the Ole Miss-BYU game, the outcome will SHOCK YOU!!1! If you are an indecisive person, the Mothership has made your life much easier and presented their own predictions. The Final Four features several non-domesticated cats, with a strong helping of corn, if you will.
The Men's team may have taken a step back this year, but the Women certainly did not. This Ken Corbitt article (Topeka Capital-Journal) takes an in-depth look at the Thursday night WNIT matchup with Akron and discusses how the Mittie era has gotten off on the right foot.
The Bat Cats pitched their way to a 3-2 victory against our adopted brethren in college athletics. Kyle Halbohn threw six innings in just his second start in a Wildcat uniform, giving up a solo homer as his only run allowed.