Don't look now, but With Leather staff correctly picked 7 out of 8 of the Sweet Sixteen match-ups. I could point out who made the single mistake because of my his unnatural dislike of a militant sect of the Holy Mother Church, but we're a team here at WL. Anyway, the point is I'm on a roll people, so listen up:

UCLA over Xavier – It is getting slightly loathsome listening to Bill Raftery wax poetic about Kevin Love's (incidentally – Kevin Love was my stage name) inbounding skills, but I would rather spend one more weekend watching the blonde bombshells of the Bruins' spirit squad than some dirty Jesuits.

Louisville over North Carolina – Um, I pretty much have to pick Pitino's squad because I've been proclaiming that the Big East is clearly the top conference this entire season. I mean even a team that finished low in this powerful conglomeration of schools – for example, let's say the cagers who wound up 13th – would have no trouble finding their way to the Sweet Sixteen.

Let me drink sleep on tomorrow's contests. Enjoy the games, and do a shot every time Clark Kellog says 'spurtability', refers to the basketball as an orange, or states that a team is being 'judicious' in their 3-point attempts. -KD

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Dedicated weekend readers know I'm fascinated by the taxing athletic endeavor that is bowling. Both of you have learned the intricacies of trick shots from the eloquent B.J. Curtis and the exploits of the incomparable Backwards Bowler here and abroad. I only hope I've prepared you for this: 

Fly away, flying eagle indeed. -KD

7-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong bought a sculpture:

The Tour de France champion attended the Scope Art Fair at Lincoln Center the other day and dropped $20,000 on a wooden sculpture from the ADA Gallery by Richmond, Va., artist Morgan Herrin. The sculpture – composed of chiseled and sanded 2-by-4's – is of a naked woman with erect nipples holding a sword, and with what looks like an octopus obscuring most of her face except her lips. A rep for the gallery confirmed the purchase.

Surely Lance can afford better pornography. Unless, he wants to have actual intercourse with the sculpture? It would be the natural progression from a bony Sheryl Crow and a bonier Ashley Olsen. It would also explain the octopus over the face. -KD 

India's Olympic Shooting Team is out of ammunition because the government stopped providing it, and now the members of the team are threatening to boycott the upcoming games in Beijing:

The nation's leading medal prospects for the August Games are in shooting, with Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore fancied to bring home a gold medal after winning a double trap silver four years ago in Athens. However, the National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) secretary Baljit Singh Sethi said a shortage of ammunition for air weapon competitors was hampering preparations . . . "I don't think it will be worthwhile sending the shooters to the Olympics. The damage has been done. I will take the issue up in our next general body meeting next month," Sethi said. "It's a pity that the shooters were the best medal hopes and they are treated so shabbily."

I don't know too much about India, but I did watch a little movie called Gandhi and wasn't the message of that film nonviolence? You don't need guns and ammo to prove your worth, man. Remember how the main character – I can't recall his name, the bald dude – trekked over deserts to get the spice or the water to make some kind of point about the unity of the universe? Oh wait, I believe I'm thinking of Dune. God that movie sucked. -KD 

Tiny Davidson College trounced the mighty Wisconsin Badgers 73-56 to advance to the Midwest Regional final of the NCAA Tournament and thoroughly spoil my weekend. Instead of repeating "serenity now" in stressful situations, my new mantra will be "Big Ten teams do not cover" because, well, they can't even fucking win. I'm sorry, this isn't about me or how much money I wagered on this game, it's about the little school that could and their star player:

On the red trim at the bottom of his shoes, Stephen Curry has written in black marker, “I can do all things.” 

Where the hell did this guy go to camp? We just had to sew our names in our clothes at summer camp, but I like the way Curry thinks. Forget the Big Ten maxim, I'm going to begin reciting "I can do all things" on my way through life and let a judge decide if I've gone too far.

Oh yeah, Michigan State lost to Memphis 92-74:

“It just got out of hand so quickly,” Spartans coach Tom Izzo said.

Oooh, that's a good aphorism, too. I can use that on the witness stand. -KD 

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Rock the vote, people.

Weekend Picks over POWER RANKINGS — Sorry, the Rankings will return next week.  Enjoy your weekend of NCAAs and Irish Car Bombs, which can either be the drink or some of Kevin's jokes.  I'll see you back here on Monday.