[maryland @ carolina, 02.26.06]
in case you hadn't lost all respect for me already, here's a mental photo that will kill that last tiny bit of it: picture me, stopped at an intersection behind four other cars, a mile from my apartment after having driven 400 miles already, banging on the steering wheel of my car and hanging out the window, hollering, "GODDAMNIT, YOU ASSHOLES, I'M GOING TO MISS TIP OFF, MAKE A RIGHT ON RED, FOR FUCK'S SAKE," at full voice.
... several passers-by stopped and sang me the carolina fight song, though, and the ball was mid-air on opening tip when i flipped the tv on.
carolina played strong in the first ten minutes of the first half; good rebounding, stifling maryland's shooting, forcing turnovers, and they lead strongly at halftime, but the second half of the first half - the second ten minutes of the game - were sloppy ugly ball. turnovers, which i thought they'd cut down on, bad offensive rebounding, just ... ugly. not the team that beat state by twenty. a better team that maryland, but not a good team by any stretch of the imagination.
THE ROY is wearing a seriously ugly tie. U-G-L-Y UGLY.
... i spent most of this game making a powerpoint presentation about name authority records, so i'm a little hazy on the details, but basically, can i just say that was the ugliest 20 point victory i've ever seen?
bad: danny green, dumbass to end all dumbasses; quentin thomas, auditioning for the three stooges later this week; foul trouble on everyone; missed dunks, missed layups, running down the shot clock.
good: mike copeland, finally showing why we recruited him; big t, the man of many breakfasts, always, always, always; bobby taking and making a couple of three pointers (adding bobby as another three point shooter ups our competitveness immensely); wes, drilling the big shots when he has to; reyshawn, drilling the big shots when he has to.
ugly: i mentioned the tie, right?
ALSO, WES, CALL ME, OKAY?
second place in the acc. not bad for a bunch of babies.
the forde minutes is one of my favorite college basketball columns out there, in part because a.) pat forde thinks like i do and b.) he's always hilarious, but this week, he's double-plus excellent on the subject of the 16 team big east, one of my wretch favorite things to complain about:3) The Big East Tournament (12) should include all 16 teams.
The Minutes knows that the league doesn't want to wear out its best teams by playing four games in four days the week before the Big Dance. So don't. Make it 16 teams, instead of 12, and play the first round at home sites of the top eight seeds on Monday and Tuesday. Then bring the eight winners to Madison Square Garden and play Thursday through Saturday.
You want a 16-team league? Fine. But make it a truly inclusive one. And stage the greatest conference tournament ever.
dear pat: if wes won't marry me, will you? love, min
... several passers-by stopped and sang me the carolina fight song, though, and the ball was mid-air on opening tip when i flipped the tv on.
carolina played strong in the first ten minutes of the first half; good rebounding, stifling maryland's shooting, forcing turnovers, and they lead strongly at halftime, but the second half of the first half - the second ten minutes of the game - were sloppy ugly ball. turnovers, which i thought they'd cut down on, bad offensive rebounding, just ... ugly. not the team that beat state by twenty. a better team that maryland, but not a good team by any stretch of the imagination.
THE ROY is wearing a seriously ugly tie. U-G-L-Y UGLY.
... i spent most of this game making a powerpoint presentation about name authority records, so i'm a little hazy on the details, but basically, can i just say that was the ugliest 20 point victory i've ever seen?
bad: danny green, dumbass to end all dumbasses; quentin thomas, auditioning for the three stooges later this week; foul trouble on everyone; missed dunks, missed layups, running down the shot clock.
good: mike copeland, finally showing why we recruited him; big t, the man of many breakfasts, always, always, always; bobby taking and making a couple of three pointers (adding bobby as another three point shooter ups our competitveness immensely); wes, drilling the big shots when he has to; reyshawn, drilling the big shots when he has to.
ugly: i mentioned the tie, right?
ALSO, WES, CALL ME, OKAY?
second place in the acc. not bad for a bunch of babies.
the forde minutes is one of my favorite college basketball columns out there, in part because a.) pat forde thinks like i do and b.) he's always hilarious, but this week, he's double-plus excellent on the subject of the 16 team big east, one of my wretch favorite things to complain about:3) The Big East Tournament (12) should include all 16 teams.
The Minutes knows that the league doesn't want to wear out its best teams by playing four games in four days the week before the Big Dance. So don't. Make it 16 teams, instead of 12, and play the first round at home sites of the top eight seeds on Monday and Tuesday. Then bring the eight winners to Madison Square Garden and play Thursday through Saturday.
You want a 16-team league? Fine. But make it a truly inclusive one. And stage the greatest conference tournament ever.
dear pat: if wes won't marry me, will you? love, min