I said that I would keep my lips sealed as to the tourney after a putrid showing on the first day but after watching yesterday’s round of games I feel the need to say something. Here are a few random thoughts on yesterday’s games.
· I will let the cat out of the bag as to my super upset special of the tourney. It was TN in the Final Four. I know it was a real long shot of a pick but I just thought that there perimeter shooting and serviceable big men would give a lot of teams a lot of trouble and get them all the way until the Final Four. So I see the scoreboard in the upper right hand corner of the screen keep showing TN up by more and more you can imagine my jubilation. My super upset special of the Tourney is going to pull off not just a win but a big win. Hell they were up 20 at one point. That’s when the shit hit the fan. Are you kidding me? How do you blow a 20 point lead in the Sweet Sixteen? You are blowing the number one team in the Country out and you let up and let them back in the game? There is only one person to blame and that is you Bruce Pearl. Thanks to you my bracket is more screwed then Britney Spears after a night of drinking in Vegas.
· Aaron Gray is now officially the most overrated player in the country. You are 7’ tall and built like a truck. The tallest guy on UCLA is 6’7”. You only score 10 points and grab 6 rebounds. You my friend are just a waste of god given natural physical ability. He spent more time on the floor being knocked down by Lorenzo Matta (the single ugliest guy in college basketball) then actually defending the post or establishing the post. He should have absolutely dominated the game but no you stunk up the joint.
· Where did the 1.1 seconds go at the end of the Memphis vs. Texas A&M game? Honestly one of the worst calls in a long time. At 2.9 seconds it would have been a difficult shot. At 2.0 that shot becomes even more impossible. Let the kids play the game the way it should have been. Don’t let the officials decide the game.
· Josh McRoberts declared himself eligible for the NBA draft yesterday. I have read that he is either a lottery pick or a middle to late first round pick. Until Aaron Gray’s stinker last night I thought he was the co-most overrated player in the country with his teammate Greg Paulus (How good was he at football? I’m really quite interested because if he is this bad at hoops but the number rated Quarterback in the country, I think he made an awful awful choice) and now I’m reading that he might be a lottery pick. With this years talented draft class there is no way that McRoberts is one of the best 13 players coming out of the draft class. Honestly no way that is possible.
· Kevin Durant should declare himself eligible for the NBA draft right now. What else do you have to prove? You won the Big 12 player of the year as a freshman and will most likely win the Naismith award as well. Just call it a career at Texas and move on to take over for the NBA as a member of the Boston Celtics. Oh please god let the Celtics get 1 or 2 in this upcoming draft.
I don't know when the next column is going to come out, either this weekend or Monday but my little brother has a "What Really Grinds My Gears" post that is actually quite hysterical so be on the lookout for that.
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