Thursday, March 15, 2007
It's Tip Off Time Again
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8:13--Dominic James hits the back iron on a three quarter court shot at the buzzer. The Golden Eagles trail 30-18 at the break and haven't made a two point field goal.
8:07--The refs hand Duke two free points before the break and the most entertaining half of the day ends with Duke leading 40-38. Michigan State now leads by 7, UCLA leads by 12, and Ohio State leads by 21. Gregg Oden has 4 points and 7 rebounds in his tourney debut. Since there's not much else going on, this seems like a good time to give my two cents on the Durrant-Oden debate. The way I see it, Durrant is a scorer and Oden completely changes the game on the defensive end. While Durrant is an unbelievable scorer, 85% of the guys in the NBA can score. Only about 10% are defensive game changers. If it's a choice between Tracy McGrady and Dirk, or Shaq and Hakeem, you have to go with the big centers.
7:57--New point guard Josh McRoberts gets bailed out by a late whistle. Duke now leads by six as they hustle back to the bench for another TV timeout.
7:52--Paulus sits down for the first time--here we go.
7:50--Marquette is on the board, but they still have no points from star point guard Dominic James. I'm starting to think the only reason he's rated so highly by NBA scouts is that his elbow sleeve makes him look like Allen Iverson.
7:48--Did you know dropped calls can ruin a conversation?
7:40--Weber State and the spirit of Harold Arceneaux lead UCLA 10-9. Weber State features players from Uruguay and Lithuania while UCLA has two Cameroonians. Over in Lexington Central Connecticut State's upset chances appear to be slipping away.
7:33--McRoberts hits an 18 foot jump hook to give Duke a 13 point lead. I'm left wondering if the NCAA 2006 video game version of McRoberts even has any good moves. McRoberts makes Desagana Diop look like Tin Duncan. With under 14 minutes left in the first half Michigan State is still pitching a shutout.
7:26--Michigan State lead Marquette 6-0 three minutes in. I can't remember a tournament where so many teams found it so hard to score. Meanwhile, Coach K just discussed how not being a #1 seed forces you to be ready for your first game and how that's a good thing. I'm not sure that's right, but given Duke's track record as a #1 seed, maybe being a #6 seed is what they need.
7:18--Demarcus Nelson give Duke a 6 point lead and then alertly hustles back to the bench for a TV timeout. Nobody gets to the bench faster for a timeout that Duke--I bet the team spends the last 20 minutes of every practice working on TV timeout awareness. Meanwhile the refs have already awarded Duke a bogus charging call on a play where McRoberts was standing under the basket. Can anybody think of a good reason there is no semi-circle under the hoop in college basketball?
7:14--We're underway again. Ohio State has a quick 3-0 lead and Gerald Henderson's elbow appears to be showing no ill effects from being hit by Taylor Hansbrough's nose.
8:13--Dominic James hits the back iron on a three quarter court shot at the buzzer. The Golden Eagles trail 30-18 at the break and haven't made a two point field goal.
8:07--The refs hand Duke two free points before the break and the most entertaining half of the day ends with Duke leading 40-38. Michigan State now leads by 7, UCLA leads by 12, and Ohio State leads by 21. Gregg Oden has 4 points and 7 rebounds in his tourney debut. Since there's not much else going on, this seems like a good time to give my two cents on the Durrant-Oden debate. The way I see it, Durrant is a scorer and Oden completely changes the game on the defensive end. While Durrant is an unbelievable scorer, 85% of the guys in the NBA can score. Only about 10% are defensive game changers. If it's a choice between Tracy McGrady and Dirk, or Shaq and Hakeem, you have to go with the big centers.
7:57--New point guard Josh McRoberts gets bailed out by a late whistle. Duke now leads by six as they hustle back to the bench for another TV timeout.
7:52--Paulus sits down for the first time--here we go.
7:50--Marquette is on the board, but they still have no points from star point guard Dominic James. I'm starting to think the only reason he's rated so highly by NBA scouts is that his elbow sleeve makes him look like Allen Iverson.
7:48--Did you know dropped calls can ruin a conversation?
7:40--Weber State and the spirit of Harold Arceneaux lead UCLA 10-9. Weber State features players from Uruguay and Lithuania while UCLA has two Cameroonians. Over in Lexington Central Connecticut State's upset chances appear to be slipping away.
7:33--McRoberts hits an 18 foot jump hook to give Duke a 13 point lead. I'm left wondering if the NCAA 2006 video game version of McRoberts even has any good moves. McRoberts makes Desagana Diop look like Tin Duncan. With under 14 minutes left in the first half Michigan State is still pitching a shutout.
7:26--Michigan State lead Marquette 6-0 three minutes in. I can't remember a tournament where so many teams found it so hard to score. Meanwhile, Coach K just discussed how not being a #1 seed forces you to be ready for your first game and how that's a good thing. I'm not sure that's right, but given Duke's track record as a #1 seed, maybe being a #6 seed is what they need.
7:18--Demarcus Nelson give Duke a 6 point lead and then alertly hustles back to the bench for a TV timeout. Nobody gets to the bench faster for a timeout that Duke--I bet the team spends the last 20 minutes of every practice working on TV timeout awareness. Meanwhile the refs have already awarded Duke a bogus charging call on a play where McRoberts was standing under the basket. Can anybody think of a good reason there is no semi-circle under the hoop in college basketball?
7:14--We're underway again. Ohio State has a quick 3-0 lead and Gerald Henderson's elbow appears to be showing no ill effects from being hit by Taylor Hansbrough's nose.
15 Comments:
Josh McRoberts just increased his draft value by at least 5 spots with that flurry of blocks.
There should be a circle. Especially because it would help out these college refs which are worse than NBA refs in regard to charge calls.
Having to root for Duke is utterly painful. Having to possibly do it again on Saturday makes me sick.
Bryan, are you saying that you have Duke in your Sweet 16? I do as well. Greg Paulus, take me to the promise land!
Funny that I haven't seen a Coack K commercial yet so far on this broadcast.
VCU will come back once Greg Paulus has to go to the bench and Duke has Scheyer at the point.
McRoberts is en fuego.
David Patten is on Weber State? Troy Brown can go both ways, but I mean come on. These Pat receivers are so versatile.
That first point is always the hardest.
UCLA - Weber State upset in the making?
I am so money.
Here we go? Now that Paulus sits. Yeah Easy, I agree he is the savior.
UCLA has taken a good size lead and that game will probably be over soon.
I don't get it. Coach K doesn't use gel but how does his hair look like that?
The scientific answer is that actually, arrogance is emitted through your scalp, creating a greasy appearance which resembles hair gel...
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