Their teams may not have been worth watching (unless you like blow outs), they may not have made the Sweet Sixteen, but the lovely ladies of the bottom bracket are invited to my dance anytime.

Over at Co-Ed Magazine they've put together a collection of galleries of girls at American University, Austin-Peay, Belmont, Mississippi Valley, Portland State, UMBC, UT-Arlington and Mount Mt. St. Mary’s that'll have you rooting for the 15 and 16 seeds all March long.

Click here to view the girls.

Well, not really. But she can dress like her.

You know how she's always reading the gossip rags and pointing out the clothes and accessories her favorite stars wear? And commenting how she'd love to know where they got them? Swing over to Singer22.com and you can be her hero. (And heroes get rewarded.)

Singer22 is an online shop (with a couple of bricks and mortar locations in NY), that carries the hottest stuff she-celebs are photographed wearing by the stalkerazzi. You can find what your girl is looking for by searching the magazine it appeared in, the designer who made it, or by the celeb herself. So that great designer scarf she saw Ms. Alba wearing in People mag last week? They've got it. And you get to be the guy who found it for her, and surprised her with it. (And saved 10% on your order by using the coupon code bachelor10.)

She can dress like a star, and you reap the rewards. And it's probably the closest you'll ever get to sleeping with Jessica Alba.

www.singer22.com
Use coupon code bachelor10 for 10% off at checkout.

I've decided not to give you the same old list of things you can get your girl for V Day. Seriously, how many times can you write about jewelry and flowers and candy and lingerie? I think you've got the idea by now.

Well, most of you anyway. There are still some of you out there who don't get the idea of what a "romantic" gift should be. Or, more importantly, what a romantic gift shouldn't be.

For example: She loves salmon. Taking her to a top seafood restaurant? Romantic. Taking her fishing on a freezing stream? Not romantic.

To keep you from taking a peep-toe pump to the family jewels this Valentine's Day, here are seven gift ideas that you might want to reconsider before wrapping them up in a red ribbon.


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Personally, I'd rather to get my hard news from a smiling, hair-sprayed honey than some grizzled Cronkite talking head.

Hearing about the economy's nose dive or endless world unrest, is so much easier to take when it comes from a hot blond with just a hint too much eye makeup. And apparently I'm not alone.

The inmates over at Asylum.com recently ran a story of the Top 20 Hottest Newscasters, prompting guys everywhere to write in to offer props to their own favorite sexy anchors.

So, in the spirit of the democracy that's made this country great, they've decided to take all the suggested "news-breaking babes" and let we the people vote for the "Hottest Newscaster of the Year". The Supreme Court is on standby, just in case.

Enter your vote here.

For answers to all your burning questions on women and relationships, tune into a live chat hosted by the dating site Chemistry.com.

On Sunday, December 9th at 7pm ET they'll be hosting the webchat "Sex, Love and Lies: The 21st Century Romance" with human attraction expert and biological anthropologist Dr. Helen Fisher.

Part of the discussion will attempt to answer questions such as: why do women lie in relationships? Good luck with that.

To participate in the webchat go to Chemistry.com or http://www.chatworld.com/events/match

Ever said something you thought was completely innocent to an angry woman - trying to be a good guy and diffuse the situation - only to have your words add fuel to the fire? Yeah, me too. It's a regular occurrence, like the changing of the tides, or our president mispronouncing a word. But Sarah Miller, a relationship expert over at Men's Health, has a list of the worst things you can say to an angry woman. Along with some phrases you should be using. (Memorize them, men.)

The big five no-no's are:
1 - "Relax." (Apparently telling a woman who is freaking out to relax, is akin to telling her she has no reason to be upset. Never a good idea.)

2 - "I love you" when said during a fight. (This one is only to be used after the fight.)

3 - "It's up to you." A.K.A. "Whatever you want to do is fine with me."
(You're basically telling her you don't care.)

4 - "You knew I was this way when you married me." (Good idea, blame her for not realizing you're a jackass.)

5 - Saying nothing at all. (In this case, silence is not golden.)

In the article Miller gives suggestions for what you can say in place of each of these, as well as the "magic words", three phrases you can use as a get-out-of-jail-free-card when something you've done causes her to open up a six-pack of bitch on your sorry ass.

Read them here.

Most of us have had a FWB (Friend With Benefits): a girl, who is also a friend, that you sleep with from time to time. No strings. No shopping for curtains on the weekends. No uncomfortable holiday dinners at her parents' house. Just a friendship, with the occasional bumping of the uglies. No mess and no stress, right? Not according to a new study reported by the New York Times.

The research, published in the current issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior (I have back issues if anyone needs), was conducted at Michigan State University, where they surveyed 125 male and female students. They found 60 percent had at least one FWB.

The Times article says: "One-tenth of these relationships went on to become full-scale romances, the study found. About a third stopped the sex and remained friends, and one in four eventually broke it off — the sex and the friendship. The rest continued as friends-with-benefits relationships." Removing all the "stat speak" from that paragraph, it boils down to 10% evolved into a traditional relationship, about 33% stopped the sex but continued as friends, 25% ended both the sex and the friendship, and 32% continued as FWB.

The study concluded, according to Dr. Timothy Levine, one of the study's authors, "that people got into these relationships because they didn’t want commitment. It was perceived as a safe relationship, at least at first. But also that there was this growing fear that the one person would become more attracted than the other." Leading to the same stresses and problems seen in traditional relationships. (But on the upside, still no curtain shopping.)

Read the NYT article here and the study abstract here.

Sex outside of the bedroom can be the most memorable. (Sex outside of the house even more so, especially when you end up running half naked from the cops.) But something about sex in the kitchen has always been high on the Erotic Scale of Out-of-the-Bedroom Sexcapades. Even Hollywood has romanticized the act of kitchen coitus. Remember a pre-cosmetic-surgery Mickey Rourke seducing Kim Bassinger in the kitchen in 9 1/2 Weeks? And I never saw it (I swear), but I hear Like Water for Chocolate also has a memorable food-involved sex scene.

But is kitchen sex actually as romantic in "real life" as it is in the movies? Sure. But if you’re looking to have dinner with a bang (pun intended), understand that there are some hazards and pitfalls to watch out for. In the interest of making your kitchen counter encounter one she'll be telling her friends about, rather than the Emergency Room triage nurse, here are six "do's and don'ts" to keep in mind when the clothing, and dishes, start flying.

1- DON'T Attempt the "Aunt Jemima Treatment".
It may have worked for Bill Murray in the '80s movie classic Stripes, but propping your date up on the counter and prodding her with kitchen utensils most likely won't get you the same results that Bill got. Spatulas, whisks, slotted spoons, tongs... not exactly an erotic line-up. (More like stuff she sees at her doctor's office.) If you're looking for something extra to bring to the table, stick to the more traditional toys and equipment.
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If you're traveling abroad any time soon, you might want to plan your travel around this list from mmoabc.com. Based on a survey "taken around the world" (sounds scientific enough), comes this list of the ten cities with the most beautiful women. Results were based on quality of women, women to men ratio, and approachability.

The winner was Stockholm, Sweden (the Bikini Team probably put them over the top), with Copenhagen, Denmark coming in a close second. One US city made the list: Los Angeles, California. Home to silicon enhancements and movie star dreams.

The overall top ten are:
10. Amsterdam, Holland
9. Tel Aviv, Israel
8. Montreal, Canada
7. Caracas, Venezuela
6. Moscow, Russia
5. Los Angeles, California
4. Varna, Bulgaria
3. Buenos Aires, Argentina
2. Copenhagen, Denmark
1. Stockholm, Sweden

To read why each city made it... and more importantly, for pics of women from each city, head to mmoabc.com.

It's not so much size, but proportion and nipple placement, that makes the perfect breast, according to an article from ChinaDaily.com.

According to the story, researcher and one of the founding surgeons of Mybreast.org (and envy of men the world over), Dr. Patrick Mallucci, spent hours studying topless photographs of women to determine the characteristics that make the "perfect breast".

What he found is the "model mammary apparently has a nipple that points slightly skywards, and an upper half just a bit smaller than the bottom half... The ideal is a 45 to 55 percent proportion - that is the nipple sits not at the half-way mark down the breast, but at about 45 percent from the top." The women with the best breasts in the world? Model Caprice Bourret.

The worst breasts in the world? According to Dr. Mallucci, his patients "begged him not to make their breasts the same shape as Victoria Beckham's 'unnaturally round' globes.

You can read the story here.