Welcome to my blog. My name is Robbie Lehman, and I am a 22-year-old senior at the University of Iowa. I was born and raised in the great Iowa City. I am also a sports reporter for the Daily Iowan, having covered a number of sports including tennis, soccer, track and summer league basketball.

I began my college career at Division II Simpson College in Indianola, Iowa. I was a member of it's basketball team that competes in the Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference for two and a half years before transferring to the U of I.

Needless to say, college basketball is my true passion. I can't get enough of it. The Hawkeyes and the Kansas Jayhawks are my two favorite teams (if you could see the plethora of posters in my room, this would be understood). I follow every Division I conference regularly, but in this blog I will focus on the Big Ten and the Big 12 specifically, but most likely a few bits and pieces here and there about other major conferences and teams.

One interesting thing about me is that I have attended the last six Final Four tournaments, and I'm working on building a pretty large streak. I started with San Antonio in 2004, then St. Louis (05), Indianapolis (06), Atlanta (07), San Antonio (08) and Detroit this year in 2009. San Antonio is by far the best (in case you were wondering), with Indy a close second and Detroit a pleasant surprise last spring.

That should about wrap up my introduction post. I look forward to pleasing all you readers with my knowledge and insight on Big Ten/Big 12 hoops this season and hopefully in many more seasons to come. Singing off-RL