{"id":27693,"date":"2024-03-18T11:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/?p=27693"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T16:31:58","slug":"monday-update-233","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/monday-update-233\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday update"},"content":{"rendered":"

We now know the 8 teams coming to FedExForum to play in the first two rounds of the NCAA men\u2019s tournament. Friday\u2019s games will be<\/p>\n

3 Baylor vs. 14 Colgate 11:10 (West bracket)<\/li>\n
6 Clemson vs. 11 New Mexico 2:10 (West bracket)<\/li>\n
8 Nebraska vs. 9 Texas A&M 5:50 (South bracket)<\/li>\n
1 Houston vs. 16 Longwood 8:20 (South bracket)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The winning teams will have the day off Saturday and will play in the second round here Sunday. So, let’s take a minute to think about whose fans are likely to be packing Downtown’s restaurants, bars, gift shops, and attractions on Saturday when they don’t have a game to watch.<\/p>\n
Most likely it’ll be the three Texas teams and Clemson. Houston and Baylor are gonna be heavy favorites in their games. As for Texas A&M, 9 seeds have a winning record against 8 seeds in March Madness, and Aggies fans travel so well that it’ll be effectively a home game for the school.<\/p>\n
With the A&M fans here in town, it’ll be a fun weekend and plenty of money will be spent. They’re a great fan base that travels well. I’ll be rooting for them because my second cousins once removed, Grayson and T.J., went to A&M, going through their famous ROTC program.<\/p>\n
The DM reports that Memphis football is close to signing an extension<\/a> with head coach Ryan Silverfield. Nice to have a piece of good news coming out of the university’s athletic department this month.<\/p>\n
The Grizzlies are out West this week. Tonight they\u2019re at Sacramento at 9. TV: Bally Sports<\/p>\n
Today is National Sloppy Joe Day<\/a>. Ah, brings back memories of Little Rock Public Schools cafeterias.<\/p>\n
A fight in and around Little Italy South Main resulted in a man\u2019s death<\/a> Saturday. A Memphis firefighter was charged with criminally negligent homicide and was relieved of duty pending an investigation.<\/p>\n
The Rock blasted Ja Morant during The Rock Concert that kicked off WWE Smackdown Friday night.<\/p>\n
<\/iframe><\/p>\nMemphisWeather.net predicts a low of 30 tonight, about 15 degrees below normal.<\/p>\nThe Cossitt Library wants you to <a href=\"https:\/\/downtownmemphis.com\/do\/come-tell-a-story-a-conversation-about-boundaries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Come Tell a Story<\/a> this Tuesday from 6:00 to 7:30 pm. This is the first of the year and the theme will be \u201cBoundaries.\u201d<\/p>\nThe Memphis Symphony Orchestra will present <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecannoncenter.com\/events\/cannon-center\/memphis-symphony-orchestra-masterworks-series-pink-floyd-planets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pink Floyd & The Planets<\/a>, the latest in its Masterworks series, at the Cannon Center Saturday at 7:30 PM.<\/p>\nHappy Tails Canine Rescue presents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/707721201526511\/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22discovery_local_tab%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pints, Poses, & Pups<\/a> at Grind City Brewing Co. at 2 PM this Sunday. They’ll have 7-week-old adoptable puppies and a yoga class as well. $25 at the door, with all proceeds helping to rescue more dogs.<\/p>\nThat’s it for this post. I’m typing this at the Cossitt Library. My next order of business is to finish my return-to-Medium article, “What it’s Like Living in a Homeless Shelter,” and publish it today. That’ll probably take me past the 2 PM deadline to get in for free at the Union Mission. Don’t worry, I’m not gonna stay out all night tonight – TOO COLD!!! I’ll scrape together the 6 bucks required to get in the Mission after 2 and before the front window closes at 7 PM. It’ll be a good investment if I get that article published this afternoon.<\/p>\nBack tomorrow.<\/p>\nI gratefully accept tips!\u00a0<\/em> \n<\/strong>Venmo:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/account.venmo.com\/u\/Paul-Ryburn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@Paul-Ryburn<\/a> \nCash App: $Paulryburn1 \nApple Pay: paul.ryburn@gmail.com<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"We now know the 8 teams coming to FedExForum to play in the first two rounds of the NCAA men\u2019s tournament. Friday\u2019s games will be 3 Baylor vs. 14 Colgate 11:10 (West bracket) 6 Clemson vs. 11 New Mexico 2:10 (West bracket) 8 Nebraska vs. 9 Texas A&M 5:50 (South bracket) 1 Houston vs. 16 … <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/2024\/03\/18\/monday-update-233\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading “Monday update”<\/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\/27693"}],"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=27693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27694,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27693\/revisions\/27694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.paulryburn.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}