Jon Bloom filled in for the vacationing Dave Burns.

Tonight was the play in game for the NCAA Tournament.  Morehead State and Alabama State faced off for the right to play overall #1 seed Louisville.

Bloom feels that the NCAA has the right idea with the play in game, but it needs to be tweaked.  The extra contest should be plural with the #12 seed at stake in 4 games pitting bubble teams against each other.  For example, this season the University of Arizona and St Mary’s would have played for the right to play Utah along with three other match ups.  JB thinks this would be “sexy for TV.”

Two problems with the idea were the costs of travel and the teams that lost the game would not be able to participate in any of the other three post season tournaments.

Bloomer decided the positives outweighed the negatives.

For our Talk to the Suns Segment Tim Kempton, radio analyst for Sports 620 KTAR checked in.  Tim sees the stretch run as a mini 15 game season with the Suns needing to finish 12-3 to have a legitimate chance to catch the Mavericks.  The April 5th game @ Dallas is a must win.

Bloom broke down the Suns and Mavericks schedule.  He doesn’t see the Suns going 12-3, but a very solid 10-4 with Suns/Mavs game with standing and Dallas going 9-5.  That put Phoenix at 46-35 and Dallas at 49-32.  If the Suns won the April 5th contest that leaves Phoenix only two games behind Dallas based on Bloomer’s predictions.  Jon believes this is a positive; a couple of the games on the schedule for each team are toss ups and could go either way.  Suns fans do not give up yet, the coveted eighth seed is still in reach.