My interest in basketball ended abruptly Saturday evening, right about the time that Mason’s run at the NCAA championship appeared to stall…but the whole experience was great for Mason and I ended up with a new green tee shirt (“Mason Nation”) to boot. I’m pretty sure only an alien spaceship landing on the quad could have catapulted Mason to national attention any faster than our basketball team managed it. This morning, I went into a newstand in Alexandria and noticed that of the 20+ daily papers I looked at, all but two had some story about Mason on the front page.
Hoping there’s a bit of magic left in that “Mason Nation” shirt, I’ll wear it to the National’s home opener next week (April 11th). I’ve got a couple of tickets about 10 rows higher and further right than anything Frank Howard ever managed to hit but there aren’t any really bad seats at RFK.
Opening Day is tomorrow (I’m ignoring the made-for-ESPN opener this evening in Chicago) as is the CNI Spring Meeting. I’ll be at CNI (checking in with the Nats progress via GameDay Audio from mlb.com). The CNI meeting will close on Tuesday with an address from my friend Roy Rosenzweig.