The View From Wisconsin

That sigh of relief that you heard last night came from all those fans whose brackets were shot when Duke and UConn lost, but still had UCLA and Florida in the finals.

Another sigh of relief came from Nashville last night, as the Preds showed up in the third period to defeat the lowly Blues. Fans of the worst team in the Western Conference are now complaining that one of our players was responsible for Patrick Lalime's torn ACL - at least, those that aren't cheering the fact that Lalime is out for the rest of the year.

Meanwhile, it's the day when time begins, as George Will likes to point out: it is Opening Day. Okay, it's actually Opening Night, thanks to ESPN, but still - today is the day that the games are for real.