It’s Monday … and if you are a golfing fan, bet you know the Players Championship continues … Being played in Florida, with a $20 million payout, maybe the best in golf … with the winner’s share a cool $3.6 million and bookoos of points … The weather was terrible for the first 2 or 3 days … No winner yet, hopefully it ends today…
While on the topic of sports … March Madness Basketball pairings were announced yesterday for NCAA and NIT field … The NCAA begins play Tuesday (tomorrow) in Dayton, Ohio, continues Wednesday … in Fort Worth, Texas … and moves across the US.
Area teams in the finals include…
#8 seed UNC (24-9) vs #9 Marquette (19-12) Thursday, March 17 in Fort Worth, 3:30 p.m., TBS
Friday, March 18 in Milwaukee … #6 Texas (21-11) vs #11 Virginia Tech (23-12), 3:30 p.m., TBS
• In Greenville, S.C., #7 Michigan State (22-12) vs #10 Davidson (27-6), 8:40 p.m., CBS
• In Greenville, S.C., #2 Duke (28-6) vs #15 Cal State Fullerton (21-10), 6:10 p.m., CBS
For the complete line-up, Google NCAA tournament 2022 first-round pairings, full bracket, tip-off times, TV schedule.
2022 NIT play:
March 15-16, Wake Forest (23-9) #2 seed vs Towson (25-8)
Mississippi St (18-15) vs Virginia (19-13)
Florida (19-13) vs Iona (25-7)
Vanderbilt (17-16 vs Belmont 25-7)
NIT Finals March 31…
36 degrees at 5:55 a.m. at the Curtis Brown Airport … Elizabethtown, N.C.
Sunny in Bladen County today, with a high near 67…
Tonight … Mostly clear, with a low around 41…
Tuesday … Mostly sunny, with a high near 71…
I love calling North Carolina and Bladen County home…
“Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.” Thomas Edison
“The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.” Vidal Sasson
“I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.” Michael Jordan
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