-The Bay Area will send two teams to the Big Dance starting with the Stanford Cardinal who are a #3 seed in the South and will play Cornell in the first round. Cornell? We didn't even know they played basketball. The only thing we know about Cornell is that it's amazingly beautiful and half the students attempt suicide (God only knows what'll happen if they lose). Also representin' the Yay Area are the St. Mary Gaels who have a #10 seed in the South and will play the U of Miami. For those of you sneaking peaks at work (if they don't block you), Stanford plays Thursday at 2 PM and St. Mary's plays at 11:30 AM on Friday. SFist will gladly agree that the Tourney is the best sports event in America but is easily annoyed by all the crap that goes with it, like the cute nicknames for every part of the Tourney or the fawning worship of coaches or the endless blathering on ESPN.

-The Sharkies finally lost a game after an eleven game winning streak as they lost in a shoot out to the Edmonton Oilers. BTW, we watched Clerks last weekend and couldn't help notice that Jay is sporting a Sharks baseball hat. We still think Randall's dissertation on the difference between Star Wars IV and Star Wars VI, the one about contract laborers on the Death Star, is one of the greatest bits ever put on film.

-The Giants lost a split squad game but are thinking that their new savior will super speedy Eugenio Velez. Between him and Rajai Davis, the Giants should be speed demons on the basebaths. Well, except for all the aging veterans on the team. Or the possibility Davis and Velez can’t hit. But, hey, at least Zito pitched well.