{"id":26543,"date":"2023-03-23T06:35:41","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=26543"},"modified":"2023-03-23T06:35:48","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T11:35:48","slug":"y","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/23\/y\/","title":{"rendered":"y-"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the Memphis Grizzlies are the NBA Southwest Division champions, that&#8217;s why!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/standings\" target=\"_blank\">standings<\/a>, division champs get &#8220;y-&#8221; next to their team name. Following their win against Houston last night, Memphis got its &#8220;y-&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations Grizzlies! And welcome back, Ja!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition, the 2nd-place Grizzlies (Western Conference) have now put 2 full games&#8217; distance between themselves and 3rd-place Sacramento.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up: The Grizz host Houston again on Friday. Yesterday&#8217;s game vs. the Rockets, one of the NBA&#8217;s worst teams, was uncomfortably close at times. Let&#8217;s blow &#8217;em out by 30 the second time around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NCAA March Madness returns today. Let&#8217;s have a look at my picks in the bracket I&#8217;m in with a number of Bardog employees and regulars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>3 Kansas State over 7 Michigan State &#8211; 5:30 PM, TBS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DON&#8217;T CARE FOR BRACKET PURPOSES, BUT&#8230; 8 Arkansas vs. 4 UConn, 6:15 PM, CBS &#8211; I had neither team getting this far, but of course I want my Hogs to make it to the Elite Eight for the third consecutive year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DON&#8217;T CARE FOR BRACKET PURPOSES, BUT&#8230; 9 Florida Atlantic vs. 4 Tennessee, 8:00 PM, TBS &#8211; I had neither team getting this far, but of course I want the Vols to LOSE!<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 UCLA over 3 Gonzaga &#8211; 8:45 PM, CBS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at the status of the Bardog bracket league, it appears my main nemesis is Jack who works there. Jack currently has 44 points to my 38, and he has a slightly higher maximum point potential (156 to my 150). We have the same team picked to win (Alabama). So I need wins in the Sweet Sixteen, Elite Eight, and Final Four since I won&#8217;t be able to catch up with Jack in the championship game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It&#8217;s <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.checkiday.com\/3a81ad33123b3349dd7a1354ebd9b00d\/national-tamale-day\" target=\"_blank\">National Tamale Day<\/a>. I wonder if any of the food trucks in Court Square will be serving them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A version of the Overton Park Shell is <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.actionnews5.com\/2023\/03\/21\/overton-park-shell-going-mobile-bring-events-more-memphis-neighborhoods\/\" target=\"_blank\">going mobile<\/a>, bringing performing arts to all parts of Memphis. The mobile shell will be at the annual Juneteenth celebration this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/arts-culture\/article\/34999\/memphis-in-may-international-festival-salute-to-malaysia\" target=\"_blank\">Memphis in May unveiled this year&#8217;s poster<\/a> featuring honored country Malaysia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DM has a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/dailymemphian.com\/section\/sports\/article\/35003\/memphis-redbirds-autozone-park-funnel-cake-new-video-board\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">improvements to AutoZone Park<\/a> for the upcoming baseball season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/2451617238333398\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Super 5 Acoustic Trio<\/a> play Blind Bear Friday at 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/589245443084071\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\">free beginner swing class<\/a> taught by the instructors of Cat&#8217;s Ballroom this Saturday at Fourth Bluff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cotton Museum at Main and Union will have an <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/159843436893756\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_this_week_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\">opening reception<\/a> Friday for artist Erika Roberts&#8217; exhibit, Seed Society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My work here is done for the day. Let me leave you with this one parting thought:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-y.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>-y not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why? Because the Memphis Grizzlies are the NBA Southwest Division champions, that&#8217;s why! In the standings, division champs get &#8220;y-&#8221; next to their team name. Following their win against Houston last night, Memphis got its &#8220;y-&#8220;. Congratulations Grizzlies! And welcome back, Ja! In addition, the 2nd-place Grizzlies (Western Conference) have now put 2 full games&#8217; &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/23\/y\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;y-&#8220;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26543"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26543"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26544,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26543\/revisions\/26544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- WP Super Cache is installed but broken. 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