Nice accent you got there. What is that, New Jersey?
This is going to be quick because I’ve only really got three things I want to talk about.
It felt like the Cavs really exorcised a lot of demons last night in Chicago. They blew a big lead in the 2nd half and looked like they were heading down the same road they did last season (and for the last 5 games). But they hung in there and kept it close. Now grant it LeBron didn’t step up down the stretch, but maybe that was good for the team. It showed that they could win without him carrying all the bags. I like the Flip Murray deal more and more each time I see them play. Without Hughes he is really their only other perimeter scoring threat.
The Memphis-UAB game last night was fantastic. One of the top 5 college basketball games I’ve seen this season. I just love the way UAB plays. With solid defense and a lot of guts. Memphis is clearly a much more talented team, but UAB’s pressure defense finally got to them in the final 5 minutes. And I was impressed as hell with Squeeky Johnson (and not just because of his name). He controlled every aspect of the game. And while stat line doesn’t blow you away (10 pts, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals) he definitely filled up the box score. You can tell that he is the unquestioned leader of that team.
This should be a great college basketball weekend. There are some fantastic match ups highlighted by UNC-Duke. What I’m not looking forward to is ESPN’s Vitale times 3 coverage. Ridiculous. Put another game on ESPN2. How many people are actually going to be watching the “above the rim cam” (I know they have the “Cameron Crazy” cam on ESPNU, but I don’t get that channel so I really don’t care about it). And on a side note Ohio State has a chance to wrap up its first outright Big Ten basketball title since Jim Jackson was there in the early 90s. I thought that OSU would be good this year, but not win the conference good. Like I’ve said before, they lost two players off a team that won 20 games last year. It’s just that no one remembers that because they weren’t eligible for the tourney (thanks Jim O’Brien). If this team can make a tourney run into the Sweet 16 and then bring back all of the underclassmen, (this means you Jamar Butler) look out next season.
I’m going bowling Saturday night. I’m going to be really drunk. Good times in Danville, VA.
It felt like the Cavs really exorcised a lot of demons last night in Chicago. They blew a big lead in the 2nd half and looked like they were heading down the same road they did last season (and for the last 5 games). But they hung in there and kept it close. Now grant it LeBron didn’t step up down the stretch, but maybe that was good for the team. It showed that they could win without him carrying all the bags. I like the Flip Murray deal more and more each time I see them play. Without Hughes he is really their only other perimeter scoring threat.
The Memphis-UAB game last night was fantastic. One of the top 5 college basketball games I’ve seen this season. I just love the way UAB plays. With solid defense and a lot of guts. Memphis is clearly a much more talented team, but UAB’s pressure defense finally got to them in the final 5 minutes. And I was impressed as hell with Squeeky Johnson (and not just because of his name). He controlled every aspect of the game. And while stat line doesn’t blow you away (10 pts, 6 boards, 5 assists, and 2 steals) he definitely filled up the box score. You can tell that he is the unquestioned leader of that team.
This should be a great college basketball weekend. There are some fantastic match ups highlighted by UNC-Duke. What I’m not looking forward to is ESPN’s Vitale times 3 coverage. Ridiculous. Put another game on ESPN2. How many people are actually going to be watching the “above the rim cam” (I know they have the “Cameron Crazy” cam on ESPNU, but I don’t get that channel so I really don’t care about it). And on a side note Ohio State has a chance to wrap up its first outright Big Ten basketball title since Jim Jackson was there in the early 90s. I thought that OSU would be good this year, but not win the conference good. Like I’ve said before, they lost two players off a team that won 20 games last year. It’s just that no one remembers that because they weren’t eligible for the tourney (thanks Jim O’Brien). If this team can make a tourney run into the Sweet 16 and then bring back all of the underclassmen, (this means you Jamar Butler) look out next season.
I’m going bowling Saturday night. I’m going to be really drunk. Good times in Danville, VA.
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