Remember that girl from high school that was uber-hot but uber-religious that was always planning on waiting for marriage and got so tired of turning down everybody's advances that she started dating the still-closeted gay guy that needed a beard and so she started dating him so she could say she was dating someone and they made the decision together to wait and then she still was flirting with everyone, ("playful," she would say) but then you graduated and went to college where you nearly forgot about her, until you went home after your sophomore year to see her in the video/grocery store and she looked just worked over, to the point that you might want to strap a board to your butt so you don't fall in aka like throwing a wrench into a coat closet, and you WANT to say something to her, but then you realize that all of the turned down guys from school won and she lost and most likely she feels the worst about it because she feels like she let God down and suddenly, she isn't as hot anymore?
Remember her? HA!
You know what else is funny? The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. Seriously guys. You can't win a road game? Seriously? (I know as a Georgia fan, I shouldn't be talking, but hey, WE didn't start the year ranked, spend most of the year ranked and have the best high school player from last season who is a future top ten lottery pick, AND have another lottery pick on the squad AND have three more freshmen that should be on the All-ACC freshmen team AND a coach that once took you to the Title game. No, Georgia didn't have that, but our new coach IS 1-0 against you guys. Hey, I can take a page out of Paul Johnson's book, right? Oh, wait, that's right. CPJ is 1-1 vs. Georgia. I nearly forgot.)
You pretty much KNEW that your NCAA bid is on the line when you went up the Klimpsen, and you laid an egg. Wuzzup wit dat? If GT loses to VaTech at home and then falls in the first round of the ACC, they won't make the dance and that prolly means Hewitt is GONE. So I guess I am rooting for him to win against VaTech, but lose in the ACC so maybe the boosters feel like "Tech was screwed!" they keep him around and Mark Fox continues to own him. Actually, Tech fans, if you DO go to the NIT then lose Lawal and Favors, just remember the last time you had a big-time one-and-done and could only make it to the NIT: you went to the title game the next season! There is HOPE!
Georgia got crushed last night by Kentucky-awesome-but they did show that perhaps they won't go down without a fight. They rallied back from down 18 to within 8 at one point, but they just ran out of steam. Georgia will get better with another year under Fox and I think that next year, worst-case will be an NIT run but I do think that if Thompkins and Leslie stick around, these Dawgs will be dancing come March 2011. This is the beginning. I am starting to feel like I did under Harrick, only with Mark Fox's son giving away TVs and money. I guess one thing I really like about Fox is that he always has his team ready to play (except for the missing shoes, but that wasn't his fault) and I would be willing to bet the mortgage payment that they'll win at LSU to wrap up the regular season, because his teams have rebounded from losses all year long. Oh, and another thing, he develops players. OH, and he seems like he is actually coaching them instead of glaring at them when they mess up or yelling at them when they come out of the game. Nope, instead he instructs them, tells them what they did wrong and then teaches them the correct way to do it. His players don't seize up when they make a mistake, KNOWING they will immediately come out like they did under Felton. You don't think that gives the players the confidence to know that Coach has their backs? You make a mistake, he'll let you try and correct it or he'll take you out and teach you the right way when on the bench. More butt slaps and high fives than under the previous reign (of terror). He gives the Georgia fans a rainbow after the rainstorm that was Dennis Felton's neverending rebuilding project. See Dennis, this is how easy it is to do well WITH YOUR PLAYERS at Georgia. Just saying...
Maryland looks like it will be a player come Madness time. They had a HUGE lead over Duke, let it slip away and Duke led, but this Terp team wouldn't go slowly into the night. They rallied back and Maryland won on senior night. I wouldn't be surprised if Maryland doesn't spoil Duke's bid for a top seed in the ACC tourney and with the General out there, the Terps could be the last ACC team dancing in the second Saturday/Sunday of the tourney.
Speaking of Duke, hey maybe they DO have a different core of what they've had the last few seasons. Zoubeck and the twins offer some bigmen help to Scheyer on the outside. Maybe Dook makes the sweet sixteen. Could be.....
I still stand by Kentucky as the 2010 champ. John Wall, I watched him last night, will take over a game when necessary and he is SUCK a freak...and I mean that in a good way. He will not let them lose come tourney time. And if he isn't going, Cousins, Patterson, Bledsoe, Ligon, etc can go to work. But why wouldn't Wall be going? Come on. superstud.
Syracuse has done nothing to make me think they aren't the top seed entering the tournament. They might even edge out Kansas for the final game...to lose to Kentucky. But on the plus side, when Coach Cal leaves for Sacramento in 5 years and Kentucky has to vacate the title, that means the Orange will have another title, right? Isn't that how it works?
Boy is Texas sucking these days. Rick Barnes is an AWESOME coach, isn't he? Wait... he is F-ing up a sure thing that was No.1 in the beginning of the season. What are you DOING Rick Barnes? Why is he still employed at Texas? Actually, I don't want them to fire Barnes because they might come after Fox.
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