T-shirt #18: GO BLUE!!!! Good luck to Michigan in the NCAA Finals

T-shirt #18: GO BLUE!!!! Good luck to Michigan in the NCAA Finals

This should be my 1989 Finals shirt.

I do have a shirt commemorating the last Michigan NCAA win from 1989, beating Seton Hall.

But I do not know where it is.

This is one the reasons why I think I might have 365 T-shirts.

In fact, recently, I purged a bunch of T-shirts, so I may have had over 365 and depleted my collection. I am concerned that the 1989 Finals shirt was purged in a bin I did not sort too thoroughly. After all, the shirt is 24 years old. These shirts do not last forever.

I remember watching the Finals in 1989. I was two years into graduate school and grading a set of papers. I flung the papers around the room when the Wolverines won. Yay!! It's one of my clearest memories of enjoying a sporting event. Though the students being graded may not have appreciated their papers being used as impromptu confetti.

I hesitate to crow too much about Michigan's chance of success. More often than not when I brag, crow, or cheer for a team BEFORE it wins its game that team loses. I jinxed the Tigers yesterday. And I jinxed the Lions almost every week in 2012 season.

And yet, I feel pretty good about Michigan's chances tonight.

GO BLUE!!

- chris tower 1304.08 8:13