Item! Spring is finally here, the birds are singing and the flowers blooming, oh wait that’s just the fumes my neighbor’s meth lab.
Item! I guess they’ve been playing the NIT and all these other tournaments (CBI, CIPT) all along, man it sure would be great if they put those games on TV, wait you say they have, well then why haven’t I been watching, oh that’s right – no one cares.
Item! I don’t have any long-winded self-indulgent letters to issue to entire cities but I will only add this about our recent experiences in Philadelphia: “Well, it didn’t look like a two-horse town, but try finding a decent hair jelly.”
Item! I don’t have much hope for Purdue tonight against UConn. The Boilers’ only hope is that all the distractions facing UConn will take them off their games and they can sneak an upset. Otherwise, it’ll be a long night for the kids from West Laffy. Also, does anyone think the NCAA will really come down hard on UConn after the reports from Yahoo.com Sports? I’m still waiting for USC football to get the death penalty after my man Dan Wetzel’s expose on Reggie Bush’s cash money allstar experience with the men from Troy.
Item! Even if you’re very thirsty it’s never a good idea to try and take a drink from a power washer hose.
Item! In the other Sweet 16 games tonight, I look for Pitt over the X (but close); Nova over Duke (hey did you know that Corey Fisher, or Fish as my boy from Nova likes to call him, is the D’Angelo Barksdale of D-1 hoops? ESPN.com has a story all about it). And my upset special look for Mizzou over Memphis tonight.
Item! For my money it doesn’t get much better than the UCLA Dance Team – Hello girls!
Item! It looks like Anthony Grant the coach of VCU is headed to Alabama, nice pick up by the Tide. But I’m sure that Coach Grant will miss the enthusiasm of VCU’s Pep Band and it’s Fearless leader.
Item! I think MSU will beat KU tomorrow – just a hunch but I think the Spartans are ready to play and send a message. I like the Suton on Aldrich, Walton on Collins, Morgan on Morris (x2), and Kalin on Morningstar or Taylor or Reed match-ups for State. Roe and Green will be key in how they respond to Aldrich and either of the Morrises when they’re on the floor. The match-up that concerns me for State is Mario Little, once again the play of either Summers or Allen will be key. MSU is exponentially better when one of these two is scoring – if both are, good night nurse, get the tickets for the D.
Item! The irony is too rich to ignore that Nick Cage is in a movie titled “Knowing.”
Item! In Friday’s other Sweet 16 games I look for the ‘Ville over ‘Zona, UNC over the Zags and Oklahoma over Syracuse. In case you’re keeping track at home that’s an Elite 8 of UNC v Oklahoma, Pitt v. Nova, UConn v. Mizzu & Louisville v. MSU
Item! And finally a fond farewell to Billy Gillespie – we only knew thee but for a moment in a time.
