The college basketball season started off well last night, with Maryland defeating Hampton in the first game of the "Coaches v. Cancer Classic" pre-season tournament. Or possibly the "2K Sports College Hoops Classic"-- I've heard both, and don't really care.
"Big deal," you say, "it's another meaningless game where a big school beats up hapless competition."
The thing is, they had previously barely squeaked past Easterbrook favorite California of Pennsylvania, in an effort to make Jeremy Gold's head explode. So, it's actually nice to see them soundly beat a team that they ought to soundly beat.
The game wasn't on tv, but post-game reports make it sound like the new guys played well, which is good to hear. They get to face Vermont tonight, which may or may not be more of a test, but also won't be on tv.
Oh, yeah, and there was some sort of election yesterday, that has some people doing the Happy Dance.