9 - Members of the men's swimming and diving team who qualified for the NCAA National meet when the qualifiers were announced on midnight this Monday. Sophomore Owen Rood leads the pack of Tufts swimmers with a No. 2 seed in the 50-yard freestyle and also was seeded seventh in the 100-yard free. The Jumbos also earned the sixth seed in two separate relays — the 200-yard medley and freestyle — while senior Rob Matera qualified on the diving board and hopes to earn repeat All-American honors.
0 - Losses by the Kentucky men's basketball team at home this season. At Rupp Arena, the Wildcats are a perfect 18-0, capped off by a 74-66 victory over Florida this weekend. Though Kentucky had already clinched the top seed in the SEC Tournament, coach John Calipari's squad sent its seniors off on a winning note. The Wildcats are 29-2 overall this year and, barring some sort of collapse in the conference tournament, will likely get a No. 1 seed when March Madness kicks off in the upcoming week.
9:56.97 - Time run by the men's track and field distance medley relay this weekend at the IC4A Invitational at Boston University. The time, which was adjusted ahead three seconds to 9:59.97 due to BU's banked track, slaughtered the old Tufts record of 9:59.33, which was set last year. Sophomore Ben Crastnopol, senior Jesse Faller, senior quad-captain Billy Hale and senior Matt Tirrell combined to post the NCAA automatic qualifying time and will compete this weekend at the national meet.
25 - Bottles of champagne, each priced at $350, that recently introduced Chicago Bears defensive lineman Julius Peppers bought to celebrate moving to a new team. Peppers, who signed a six-year, $91.5 million deal with the Bears on Friday, bought the bottles of Perrier-Jouet Fleur de Champagne for patrons at the River North Club and had them distributed at 2:30 am, with sparklers, in Peppers' unique way of saying thanks for the warm welcome to the Windy City.
15 - Points needed by senior Julia Baily, heading into what proved to be the season's final game, to reach the 1,000-point mark for her career. In the Jumbos' second-round loss in the NCAA Tournament to national No. 2 and host Kean University, Baily tallied 17 points on seven for 20 shooting and 11 rebounds to push her over the milestone. Baily, who reached the mark in the second half, became the 10th Jumbo to pass 1,000.
1.5 - Amount, in millions of dollars, that Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Michael Vick will receive in a roster bonus on Tuesday. Vick, who is under contract for $5.2 million this year, played sparingly last season in his return from prison for federal dogfighting charges, accumulating 86 passing yards and one touchdown, in addition to 95 rushing yards and two scores. The roster bonus buys the Eagles more time to hear offers for the agile QB.
