In honor of America's favorite ethnic holiday (sorry Cinco de Mayo), here's Random Ivy notes, in green font.

1) Want to know how the City Six coaches are filling out their brackets?  Well Soft Pretzel Logic has you covered.  I personally was intrigued by the John Calipari/Bruiser Flint versus Jim Calhoun/Glen Miller rivalry.

2) A favorite takeoff of the NCAA bracket of mine is "Salary Madness" which simulates the NCAA tournament results based on median salaries of the 65 institutions. As normal, the Ivy League representative did extremely well, as Cornell finished second to Duke

The Big Red actually got hosed last year, as they faced powerhouse Stanford in the first round. In fact, the Cardinal won last year's bracket so Cornell, despite the fourth highest median, lost in the first round.

3) The women's bracket was announced today. As has been the case in recent years, the Ivy League representative has gotten a 16 seed. That won't change this year, as Dartmouth faces Maryland at the Comcast Center (no not that one) in College Park, Md.

In terms of other Penn-related schools, Big 5 foes Temple and Villanova got bids, as did Drexel. Those teams will face No. 8 Florida, No. 9 Utah and No. 5 Kansas State, respectively.

4) Moving away form March Madness, the University announced "firm plans" for Penn Park, the 24-acre parcel of land that the University will turn into athletic and recreational fields. The article doesn't give an intended date of completion, but it does quote from the DP.