The Weekend Games

posted on 2005-03-28 at 22:32:59 by Joel Ross

Given that I went to Michigan State, watching the games over the weekend was pretty exciting. MSU back in the Final Four is a great feeling, but even without that, the Elite Eight games were classics. On Saturday, you had 2 teams that should have lost come back to win in overtime. Then on Sunday, you had the double overtime thriller, only getting that far because of a last second three point shot that rattled around before finally dropping.

Was his foot on the line? I think so, but I'm biased. He had a black tip on his shoe. If it wasn't on the line, you'd be able to see some of the wood floor between his shoe and the white three point line. Luckily it didn't end up mattering. By the way, what was Kentucky trying to do at the end of the first overtime? They had 12 seconds, wasted 6, and then didn't even get a shot off. Good play. 

I didn't bother posting my picks, because I figured no one really cared! But I still kept track. How do you know I'm not lying? Because I was 4-4 Thursday and Friday, and 1-3 over the weekend. Who would lie about that? Now, just picking winners, I was 5-3 and then 3-1. And if I had let my homerism take over and picked MSU over Kentucky, I would have been perfect picking winners this weekend! Overall, I'm 42-18 picking winners, but a horrible 27-31 against the spread. The spread is much more vulnerable in basketball I think. That's because a lot of times close games aren't as close on the scoreboard because of fouls down the stretch.

Anyway, the weekend games were awesome to watch, and I can't wait for next weekend! Two teams from the Big Ten, with a chance for an all Big Ten final. Now, what was that about a down year for the Big Ten? Oh - they had an easy road? Yeah, Duke and Kentucky are push overs. Uh huh. And Illinois? Well, they earned their easy road. Not that Arizona was an easy team to beat!

So, only three games left in this college basketball season. Kind of bittersweet really. But I can't wait to watch them!

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