The best cure for the blues is coming home from work and finding that not only are the Sweet Sixteen games in full swing, but the Bulls are playing D-Wade's Miami Heat on TNT at the same time!
I was planning on doing laundry and getting my life in order, but how can you turn away from that kind of basketball love? For the record, I've got Missouri beating Memphis tonight and am super excited for this game, and the Bulls are leading the Heat with Tyrus Thomas and Joakim Noah playing well at the same time.
Mizzou up 5-0 a minute into the game, and Calipari is already crying to the refs about a lack of respect for his team. Is there any team in any sport in the world that 'gets no respect' more often than Memphis?
Picture from nba.com. Get ready to see a lot more like it in 2010. Come on home, Dwyane. You know you want to play with Derrick Rose. Speaking of D-Rose, he's gotta be a little salty that he can't watch his Memphis Tigers right now.
By the way, I really enjoyed the New York Times' sports section today. A bunch of really awesome articles on;
DeJuan Blair and his amazing, Barkley-esque posterior.
Missouri's "Fastest 40 Minutes In College Basketball" (aka "No, we won't use Hell to describe something here in the Bible Belt!").
Bill Raftery being a great announcer.
The Times has the world's best sportswriting, ESPN (and Armchair Superstar... hah!) included.
I certainly hope you're right about D-Wade being a Bull. That would obviously be the best back court in the NBA. If only the Bulls could land a solid big man; or have Tyrus and Noah improve (which they are if you look at Tyrus each year he gets better).
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I think it's awesome that Memphis is losing by 8 with 1 minute to go.
Yeah! Mizzou and Villanova! My bracket is now officially not the worst in the world anymore. Yes.
ReplyDeleteDerrick Rose, Dwyane Wade, John Salmons, Tyrus Thomas, and (a center to be named later), with a bench of Hinrich (super sub at 1 and 2), Joakim Noah, Brad Miller, and another swingman (maybe Deng, if he would accept the role). That's my Eastern Conference Champs in two years.