Sunday, March 9, 2008

Saturday Hoops Recap and......Boxing?

No post tomorrow (i think) so a little recap on today....


  • UNC outlasts Duke in Cameron....pretty good game....Noticed a couple things....Man, Greg Paulus can shoot...and that's really about it.....I've always disliked Damarcus Nelson but today made it to a new level, I'm not sure what he does well?.....The referees swallowing their whistles coupled with the physical play made this game reminiscent of any game in the Eastern Conference Playoffs circa late 90's (I.e. the Van Gundy years)....Staggering

  • Um, the rockets win...again? 18 straight....beating a legit team this time (New Orleans) by a decent margin (10) without Yao...I have no idea how they are doing this...but the change in the way the play (faster, more energy, more threes) is suiting them thus far....still can't see it sustaining but hey, didn't see them winning the last 3 either....

  • Watched all of Georgetown's win over Louisville....First, the Big East is down at the top this year....2nd, very good game of 2 evenly matched and pretty talented teams....I still like Georgetown's chances to get deep mostly b/c of style and veteran perimeter play (my favorite tourney asset)
  • The Hawks sweep the "doubleheader" over Miami...just a weird/crazy circumstance overall....neither team scratched out a point in the first makeup game....hilarious....

  • Crazy shot by Josh Shipp of UCLA to win over Cal....Oh yea....Never saw the end of the UCLA/Stanford game from Thursday until today...um, terrible call? yes....inexcusable even

  • Okay...One boxing note....I know no one really cares...but my heart was literally saddened while watching a fight tonight....Most people don't know that I am/was a big-time boxing fan....Used to stay up ridiculously late and steal fight-time with my Dad as a kid....the absolute joke of a Heavyweight title match tonight by 2 guys pretty much no one has ever heard of was a disgrace....Thank God for the middle classifications but the Heavyweight division died years ago......Terrible

Farewell...Oh...and Check out the BS Report (Bill Simmons' Podcast) on espn.com....especially the basketball one with Ric Bucher....Enjoy

1 comment:

Ryan said...

Actually..I thought the game was more sloppy than anything..couldnt watch fully..boxing?..never my thing..nice story though