Happy Monday/Upcoming Events

Hello all. Happy Monday, Happy St. Patrick's Day and Happy March Madness to everyone. The boys are back in town (sing it, don't say it) and will begin training tomorrow. We're taking the team picture prior to practice, with the training session beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Swope. We have four days of preparation time this week and two matches Saturday in the Saturn Challenge Cup on the University of Oklahoma's campus in Norman/Oklahoma City. The first team will play Real Salt Lake at 6 p.m. with the reserves taking on SMU shortly thereafter. Tickets for the event can be found here.

Our team is well represented in the NCAA tournament this year, as 9 players have an alma mater in the running for the national championship. Our UCLA contingent (Kevin Hartman, Jimmy Conrad, Sasha Victorine and fresh-from-campus Chance Myers) and North Carolina pair (Kerry Zavagnin and somewhat-fresh-from-campus Michael Harrington) have 1 seeds to cheer for. Aaron Hohlbein's Wisconsin secured a 3 seed and our two Michigan State guys (Ryan McMahen and Rauwshan McKenzie) will be cheering on a not-too-shabby 5 seed. The near-miss award go to Roger Espinoza of Ohio State.

As for the front-office staff? In a not-so-scientific, not-so-random sampling of front-office employees, Kansas fans far outvoted those of any other school. Staff members are rooting for the following schools:

Kansas (11)
Kansas State (3)
BYU
Clemson
Drake
Maryland-Baltimore County
Memphis
North Carolina
Southern Cal

Don't forget about Dave and Buster's this Thursday night. Season ticket holders will get in at 5:30, with doors opening to the general public at 6:30. Yes, TVs will be tuned to the NCAA tourney, and yes, you will be able to fill out a bracket against our resident college basketball wiz Kerry Zavagnin. If your bracket beats Kerry's, you will be entered into a drawing for a jersey signed by Kerry himself.