Monday, March 28, 2005
March Craziness - Elite 8
Wow, that was indeed probably the best four days of basketball I have seen. And as noted below I correctly picked 11 of the 12 games correctly. My final four is intact so well see how the Final Four pans out. UNC is still my pick (yes the fact that I would get free golf if they win has something to do with it).
Elite 8 thoughts:
Elite 8 thoughts:
- Who didn't know, especially after the way the other games had gone, that Patrick Sparks would hit a 3 for Kentucky to tie at the end of regulation given the free throw miss he had a minute earlier.
- The shooting display from UWV and L'ville was fun to watch, do those kids ever miss?
- Up 8 with 60 seconds to play, game over, right? Right? Arizona was better for 39 minutes, but all they get for that is a return trip to sunny Tucson.
- Pitino and Louisville are in, Tubby and Kentucky are out. That's gotta hurt the cat faithful.
- Whoever prefers the NBA over college is smokin' something. The teamwork, shooting skills, passion and desire displayed in college far outweighs the product offered by the NBA. If you think otherwise you need to be examined.
- I get worked up over these games and have little allegiance to any of these schools, we'll need to have the paddles on standby if my beloved Beavers can ever make a run in March.
- On the beaver front: why is the statement "back in the final four for the first time since 2000" said so dramatically. How about " in the final four for the first item in generations!". Almost as bad as the sad truth "there are 4 year olds in New York who have yet to see the Yankees win the world series", tragic indeed.
