The NCAA Tournament Goes to Washington

Kentucky and Duke won't meet in this year's NCAA Tournament unless both make it to the Final Four, but the two do have quite a history--recently, it has involved recruits John Wall and Patrick Patterson, and before that, it involved a certain foul-line jumper at the Meadowlands.

But now, the antagonistic relationship between the two bluebloods has entered a new arena: Congress.

A lovely Politico blog post today centered on the Republican Part's primary race in Kentucky, in which two gentlemen, Trey Grayson and Rand Paul, are running. Grayson is a Harvard grad; Paul went to med school at Duke. So both have elite academic roots, right?

Well, not exactly, at least not according to Grayson's newest campaign ads. In the spots, Grayson paints himself as a true Kentuckyite, and depicts Paul's Duke connections as a negative. His slogan: Beat Duke. Vote Grayson. Simple, elegant, and a tad ridiculous, as Paul points out in his own respnse.

And who said sports don't matter?

Thanks to former sports editor and current Politico writer Meredith Shiner for this little nugget.