You want a gorgeous view? Drive in from the Denver airport to the city. Of course, you'll get a good look at it, because the airport's locale is downright Dulles-like.

(So says the guy who has avoided using Dulles all but once in the last five or six years).

Anyway, I'll be heading over to the arena here in a little bit. George Mason doesn't practice until the final session, which was rather convenient for me to get an extra night at home at this time of year. You take them any way you can get them; come April 8, I'll list the various places I have found repose in the previous month. Here's hoping a gutter isn't among them.

More to come later, including a few sneaky picks for your bracket (these coming from the guy who correctly called the biggest upsets of the last two tournaments --- 2007 Winthrop and 2006 Northwestern State).

--- Patrick Stevens