congratulations due to the mighty marquette golden warriors, as greg gumbel called them yesterday. i received a call from my brother, marquette class of 2000, no less than 15 seconds after the closing buzzer. one day, in the next 40 years, i'll be able to make that call to him.

jim boehim, at the half, said to solomon wilcots: "[carmelo]'s pretty good, isn't he?" with an air of amazement. it's obvious that, like us, jimmy's just along for the ride watching this supremely talented player.

angels-rangers at 7:00 p.m. bandits-kernels thursday at 6. life is good.