I don't want to come back down from this cloud!

It's taken me all this ti, eye, eye, eye, eye, -ime. But come down we must, after 72 hours of soaking up stories and nostalgia, consider me fully sponged.

The Cards depart for New York today, home to Madison Square Gardens and the most hard-nosed guards in all the land. We'll first face either Rutgers or Cinci and get our first glimpse of what the Furies of March have in store for us. We had some bball appeteizers last night, but I'm impatiently awaiting the main entree of the greatest sports meal of the year.

In the meantime, here's an intriguing article on Seton Hall coach Bobby Gonzalez, who sounds like a nut job of the first order. A fascinating read, with a Louisville reference tucked in there. Apparently Gonzalez almost came to blows with Louisville assistant Steve Masiello due to some he-said, she-said going on behind the scenes of Samardo Samuels' recruitment.