Round 3: Thursday's Late Games
Howdy, howdy, howdy! For the record, I'm rooting for West Virginia, because I think Texas is terrible, and Gonzaga, because I want them to finally establish themselves as a mid-major power.
10:07 So far this game has been hideous, which plays into West Virginia's hands. They eventually hit their threes. Almost without fail. As a side plot, we're going to figure out whether LaMarcus Aldridge deserves to be drafted number one. I went to that Duke-Texas game in December, and Aldridge did not impress me.
10:12 You'd think that Texas could just out-athletic WVU. But here's the thing; West Virginia is basically a super-mid-major. Right now West Virginia is 3/8 from 3-point range. They're down 9-10 with 12 minutes to go in the first half. Coach Beilein understands that, given his team's shooting percentage, if they just keep shooting threes, they'll stay in the game. It's the ultimate Live-by-the-Three strategy. And it works. It's not going to win them a championship, unless Gansey gets back to that form he had in the middle of the Big East conference season. But it can take them a little farther.
10:21 Game tied at 15. West Virginia has is 5/12 on threes. Crazy!
10:28 Texas is suddenly up 23-15, but West Virginia is currently cold. I'm tellin' ya, they'll get it going again before halftime.
10:36 Aldridge has hit a couple mid-range jumpers. Fairly impressive. Not, STUNNING though. Definitely a pro.
10:41 Texas is up by 10 and currently out-athletic-ing WVU. This just in: I know nothing.
10:45 39-27 Texas. West Virginia scored last...their first 2 of the half. No sign from West Virginia of the Mountaineers getting back into this. But who knows... Gonzaga is up by double-digits too. Looks like a lame 2nd act...or is it???
10:47 We just realized the red-headed kid who has the first job out of his group of friends in the Verizon commercial is named Schmitty. That lead to a spirited discussion about the name Schmitty. Our old mailman was named Schmitty. He was a good mailman, needless to say.
11:32 Well, I was distracted for a while, but things have tightened up, so I'm back. West Virginia is down 2 with a little over 10 minutes to go. The Zags are holding off a UCLA surge, still up by 11 with 17 to go. Heard a couple of interesting nuggets on ESPNradio. The first was a comment that there isn't much too LaMarcus Aldridge, which I completely agree with. He's lanky and long and can shoot. He doesn't have amazing moves. He hasn't shown spectacular dribbling or rebounding. But he looks solid, and in this day and age, a sure-fire solid NBA player with some upside might be worth a high pick.
The other tidbit I grabbed was that John Calipari isn't going to show his team much film - only about five minutes - of whoever their opponent ends up being for their Saturday game. He's going to tell them to "just go out and ball." I think that's kinda cool. Coaching is a funny job. Sometimes it works brilliantly. Other times it backfires. At the end of the day, players win games. Rarely is the coach the crucial difference in the game. We all know this. Um. So I don't really have a point, other than I like Calipari a little more because his strategy seems unique. That's it.
11:46 OK, this game just got real fun. Aldridge is really starting to look good, but West Virginia is holding their own despite being mis-matched. Texas is up by 4 now, under 4 to play. I'm excited for a good finish.
11:58 Pittsnogle is bleeding all over the place, and they just let him check back in. It's March Madness, baby! But with 27 seconds to go, the Mountaineers are down 5.
12:07 Yoiks! What a finish! Texas wins it after trading threes with WVU in the final 6 seconds. Ahhhh...March. Gonzaga looks like they're keeping UCLA at arms length, so I'm going to sign off here. If UCLA comes back, I'll give you my thoughts tomorrow. Or not. It's my blog, sucka.
10:07 So far this game has been hideous, which plays into West Virginia's hands. They eventually hit their threes. Almost without fail. As a side plot, we're going to figure out whether LaMarcus Aldridge deserves to be drafted number one. I went to that Duke-Texas game in December, and Aldridge did not impress me.
10:12 You'd think that Texas could just out-athletic WVU. But here's the thing; West Virginia is basically a super-mid-major. Right now West Virginia is 3/8 from 3-point range. They're down 9-10 with 12 minutes to go in the first half. Coach Beilein understands that, given his team's shooting percentage, if they just keep shooting threes, they'll stay in the game. It's the ultimate Live-by-the-Three strategy. And it works. It's not going to win them a championship, unless Gansey gets back to that form he had in the middle of the Big East conference season. But it can take them a little farther.
10:21 Game tied at 15. West Virginia has is 5/12 on threes. Crazy!
10:28 Texas is suddenly up 23-15, but West Virginia is currently cold. I'm tellin' ya, they'll get it going again before halftime.
10:36 Aldridge has hit a couple mid-range jumpers. Fairly impressive. Not, STUNNING though. Definitely a pro.
10:41 Texas is up by 10 and currently out-athletic-ing WVU. This just in: I know nothing.
10:45 39-27 Texas. West Virginia scored last...their first 2 of the half. No sign from West Virginia of the Mountaineers getting back into this. But who knows... Gonzaga is up by double-digits too. Looks like a lame 2nd act...or is it???
10:47 We just realized the red-headed kid who has the first job out of his group of friends in the Verizon commercial is named Schmitty. That lead to a spirited discussion about the name Schmitty. Our old mailman was named Schmitty. He was a good mailman, needless to say.
11:32 Well, I was distracted for a while, but things have tightened up, so I'm back. West Virginia is down 2 with a little over 10 minutes to go. The Zags are holding off a UCLA surge, still up by 11 with 17 to go. Heard a couple of interesting nuggets on ESPNradio. The first was a comment that there isn't much too LaMarcus Aldridge, which I completely agree with. He's lanky and long and can shoot. He doesn't have amazing moves. He hasn't shown spectacular dribbling or rebounding. But he looks solid, and in this day and age, a sure-fire solid NBA player with some upside might be worth a high pick.
The other tidbit I grabbed was that John Calipari isn't going to show his team much film - only about five minutes - of whoever their opponent ends up being for their Saturday game. He's going to tell them to "just go out and ball." I think that's kinda cool. Coaching is a funny job. Sometimes it works brilliantly. Other times it backfires. At the end of the day, players win games. Rarely is the coach the crucial difference in the game. We all know this. Um. So I don't really have a point, other than I like Calipari a little more because his strategy seems unique. That's it.
11:46 OK, this game just got real fun. Aldridge is really starting to look good, but West Virginia is holding their own despite being mis-matched. Texas is up by 4 now, under 4 to play. I'm excited for a good finish.
11:58 Pittsnogle is bleeding all over the place, and they just let him check back in. It's March Madness, baby! But with 27 seconds to go, the Mountaineers are down 5.
12:07 Yoiks! What a finish! Texas wins it after trading threes with WVU in the final 6 seconds. Ahhhh...March. Gonzaga looks like they're keeping UCLA at arms length, so I'm going to sign off here. If UCLA comes back, I'll give you my thoughts tomorrow. Or not. It's my blog, sucka.
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