2 down, 2 to go. Sorry to
XWL, but UCLA is the worst team to make the Final Four since the famous "40 Minutes of 5-on-5 Fouling" Wisconsin team of 2000. (Great coaching that, it's hard to get guys to commit to be continuously fouling
on offense but Dick Bennet managed, somehow, with that team.) I mean, you shoot 52%, you're going to win a lot of games. Oh, wait, that was UCLA's
FT%. They went line by line, proving every accusation
Yglesias levels against the college game in turn. (More on the MY,
Zengerle NBA vs. March Madness 'debate' later this week.)
UCLA played about as bad a game in a pressure situation as I can remember. Fortunately, they're only #2 on the list as Memphis were the biggest bunch of sucks who ever sucked.
Englebert HumberdinkJoey Dorsey was about 1-5 from 2 feet and in (gratuitous
Izzard reference, sorry.) Rodney Carney cost himself several million dollars by torpedoing his draft status.
Someone who scooped up all the money Carney left on the NBA table (and perhaps more) was Tyrus Thomas. This kid was going to be
walk-on. And now he's the most exciting player left in the tourney. Everyone knew he was an athlete, but when he started draining jumpers from the wing, I swear I heard cash-registers going off. This game also featured the most ludicrous 30 seconds of basketball ever recorded, naturally capped off by a tying 3. And the biggest play of the game was a 3 by
Nate Newton Big Baby Davis. Best game of the weekend by a wide, wide margin.
And, to be clear for today, GO George Mason! Go Villanova!
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GMU got through, but the Big East is going DOWN. Villanova is toast.
I love the NBA more than college ball, so I was surprised that I was annoyed by Yglesias' article. Perhaps I just don't want to admit that he's right about the college game...
and Tyrus Thomas is totally awesome and I hope LSU wins it all!
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