Erection Sunday

Welcome Trojans, to the big dance. It's time for Demar Derozen to showcase his freakish athleticism and pole vault his way up to the Top 5 in this June's draft again. Here's to hoping the selection committee realizes that St. Mary's didn't have their best player for the past 6 weeks and still rolled out an overall 25-6 record. And of course let's not forget there were still some pretty phenomenal NBA games on the schedule to go along with the matriculation into March Madness.

-Duke seems to have locked down a 2 seed with this advancement deep into the ACC tourney. As usual, I like them to make it to the Sweet 16 and promptly lose in a moderate upset. Really haven't spent much time watching this team, but they seem to have the tendencies of a team too reliant on their 3 point shooting to make it far in March.

-Pacers continue to amaze me with their ineptness versus inept basketball teams. Tall, slow, good-shooting Euros continue to pose the most problem to their defense and I can't seem to figure out why. Lebron comes to town and is held in check (as much as you can with LBJ) but Mehmet Okur, Danillo Gellardo and at this very moment, A. Bargnani are cutting through this team with the effectiveness of Kobe Bryant. Does Jim O'Brien just tell his players to give up and let these guys beat them and stop all other scoring threats? Why do Jeff Foster and Troy Murphy possess the necessary skills to hold Yao Ming to 5-14 shooting but Okur drops 43? At this very moment, Indiana is down 19 to the Raptors. Danny Granger has returned but his +- is currently a -19.

-Just watched Mississippi St. beat Tennessee in the SEC Tournament finals. Another bubble goes POP! If the selection committee is thinking with their heads on straight, it'll be a Big 10 squad. How many years of the 2nd-7th ranked Big 10 teams exiting after the first weekend of March Madness will it take before they stop inviting them?

-Speaking of Big 10 basketball, Purdue is about to tip off against Ohio St. Any feelings on Robbie Hummel's potential as an NBA prospect. As much as I hate the conference's style of play, I could see this guy being an integral cog in a future playoff team. He rebounds and defends well along with his dead eye range. Can't argue with that Shane Battier, or James Posey.

-Only one complaint for the selection committee this year....St. Mary's in over Wisconsin. That's right, I'm backstabbing my own alma mater. By far, this had to have been the worst season for me to get season tickets to the Badgers, and I still regret the decision to this day. Incredibly boring team to watch play on both ends of the floor with the most stagnant offense created by man and a brutal "beat the living shit out of the other team" defense. The real cherry on the cake is their cakewalk of a schedule through the overrated Big 10 regular season and a less then impressive non-conference schedule. When they did schedule good teams, (UCONN and Texas) they were supremely outclassed. Arizona was allowed into the tournament on NBA talent alone in my opinion. If you seeded based on lottery selections in next year's draft, Arizona would have been a 1 seed. Can't deny talent.

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