What happened on Tuesday, March 3, 2015?

  1. Aston Villa escapes relegation, for now: Aston Villa is one of the handful of teams at the bottom of the English Premier League standings that’s desperately trying to scratch their way up to avoid being relegated (sent down to a lower league) at the end of the year. Their 2-1 victory over West Bromwich Albion yesterday was a big help.
    Line: Relegation makes games involving the worst teams almost as exciting as those involving the best.
  2. Vancouver embarrassed: The Vancouver Canucks are not having the elite kind of year they’re used to but they’re not a bad hockey team either. That’s why it was surprising that they lost 6-2 against the San Jose Sharks last night. They can chalk this defeat up, in part, to a goalie who had not played at all this year before last night. Jacob Markstrom let in three goals on the first four shots against him before getting pulled out of the game for good.
    Line: What a terrible way to make your season debut.
  3. One upset, one content in college basketball: Last night’s college basketball slate featured two games between teams in fifth place of their conference and teams in first place. Fifth place, Big East team Georgetown beat first place Butler 60-54, bolstering their case to make the NCAA tournament. Fifth place Big Twelve team, West Virginia, was on their way to doing the same thing in a convincing way against Kansas. Up 14 points at half-time, West Virginia still somehow managed to let Kansas catch up and eventually beat them in overtime. I guess “let” is the wrong verb. Kansas is really good at basketball.
    Line: Butler, Georgetown, and Kansas, West Virginia were a good sneak preview of how great March Madness is going to be this year. I can’t wait!

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