First official day of Spring in Dallas and we’ve got 3 inches of snow on the front lawn .

So what’s giving me a sports woody today?

Ali Farokhmaneshs' game winning shot

Here’s the scene: Northern Iowa clings to a one point lead with just 34 seconds left in regulation, when Farokhmanesh launches a 25-foot shot with 30 seconds left on the shot clock. Farokhmanesh, who was unchallenged defensively, gave the Panthers a four-point lead with 24 seconds left.

Was it miraculous, gutsy shot? Yes. Was it smart? Hells No. It was possibly one of the dumbest plays I’ve ever witnessed, and the only reason Farokhmanesh was bailed out from being the ass who lost the game for Northern Iowa, is because the shot went in.

Every coach, and I mean every coach, teaches you to play the percentages and run out the clock in that situation, to put your team in the best position to win. There’s no “I” in Farokhmanesh, but he clearly was not thinking about the team when hesitated and then launched the shot.

Farokhmanesh didn’t miss, so today no one is talking about how Kansas held the ball for the game-winning shot as time expired. No, today Farokhmanesh is a hero, but his coach and teammates would be wise to privately remind him he plays on a team.

Scotty Reynolds disappoints
We should’ve known the Villanova Wildcats were headed nowhere in this year’s tourney as soon as Villanova coach Jay Wright announced that senior co-captain Ronnie Reynolds and Corey Fisher were not starting Thursday’s game against Robert Morris due to disciplinary reasons.

How is it that Reynolds, the supposed ‘heart and soul’ of your team and NBA prospect who averages 18 points per game, finds himself on the bench at the start of an NCAA tournament game? What a friggin moron. You can’t just waltz into the tourney and expect to win, you’ve got to be focused, and apparently, just from looking at Reynolds stats, he was anything but.

Here’s a formula for failure and disappointment: On one side of the equation mix equal parts poor shooting and disciplinary problems to someone who’s a leader on your team, and the result is disaster. It also makes you wonder how quickly Scotty Reynolds is dropping on NBA draft boards.

Kentucky smells like Tuna
Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like they’re at the used car dealers’ finance desk when Kentucky head coach John Calipari speaks. I don’t know John, what is it gonna take to get me into that car today?

Full disclosure needed here; I respect Kentucky’s tradition but I’m not a fan. Maybe the yearly beat downs they put on Auburn has left a bad taste in my mouth — or maybe that the girl who I played truth or dare with on my 12th B’day — but the combination of Kentucky and John Cal is like Darth Vader and the Death Star to me.

Now that there’s absolutely no hope of me winning a thing with my bracket, all that’s left is to pull against UK.