Basketball Season
I know two posts in that many days...wow. This is a totally random post, but I just felt that I must say something about it. I know that I am not a basketball afficionado, but I do like to think that when College Basketball season comes around, I at least know as much as the next guy.
This morning I was watching the Tennessee/ Ohio State game -- 1. because it is ncaa basketball and 2. because on saturday mornings there is absolutely nothing to watch since I only have the most basic channels (and I woke up too late to watch Dragon, a cute claymation show that I watch in Spanish). Anyway back to the game. I was half watching and half reading through the whole game, which if you didn't see it, it was a nail biter if you root for any of those teams. There were about 50 lead changes (probably a slight exageration) and the teams were pretty much 2 or 3 goals away from each other. So it really just boils down to this. With 30 seconds left Tennessee was in possession of the ball and in the lead by one point. Well they decide to try and score so, as far as I can see it, get farther ahead. Well it didn't work. They missed the shot Ohio State rebounded the ball made a 3 pointer, which put them 2 points ahead. Tennessee got the ball back, missed another shot, and Ohio State rebounded again, but stepped out of bounds. Unfortunately, the referees did not see it so Ohio State won by two points. The burning question in my mind is why did Tennessee either keep control of the ball since the shot clock had more time on it than the game clock did, or at least stall so if they didn't make the shot, Ohio State would have less time to get ahead. That is my rant for the day.
In other basketball news 5 ranked teams lost, including UNC who is #1 and Clemson, who was the only remaining undefeated team. Several other ranked teams only won by a goal or two. In Pac 10 news both Washington teams lost to unranked teams from California. I was especially happy about Washington State's loss, since UA lost to them last week, a bit silly, but at least we lost to a ranked team. Tomorrow UA plays the Oregon Ducks #17.
I am a bit sad because Thursday and Saturday UA will be here in LA but because tickets are so expensive I will not be able to see my team in person. Maybe I can get into the school gym and see if they have FSN because these games should be good. Especially because UCLA is number 3 and they barely won against USC.
Pac-10 basketball is getting exciting because there are several teams tied for first place and it is only about a quarter of the way through conference play!
For those of you who don't know, I LOVE college basketball. And just so everyone knows, there will probably be more posts like this up until the end of March!
grace and peace
This morning I was watching the Tennessee/ Ohio State game -- 1. because it is ncaa basketball and 2. because on saturday mornings there is absolutely nothing to watch since I only have the most basic channels (and I woke up too late to watch Dragon, a cute claymation show that I watch in Spanish). Anyway back to the game. I was half watching and half reading through the whole game, which if you didn't see it, it was a nail biter if you root for any of those teams. There were about 50 lead changes (probably a slight exageration) and the teams were pretty much 2 or 3 goals away from each other. So it really just boils down to this. With 30 seconds left Tennessee was in possession of the ball and in the lead by one point. Well they decide to try and score so, as far as I can see it, get farther ahead. Well it didn't work. They missed the shot Ohio State rebounded the ball made a 3 pointer, which put them 2 points ahead. Tennessee got the ball back, missed another shot, and Ohio State rebounded again, but stepped out of bounds. Unfortunately, the referees did not see it so Ohio State won by two points. The burning question in my mind is why did Tennessee either keep control of the ball since the shot clock had more time on it than the game clock did, or at least stall so if they didn't make the shot, Ohio State would have less time to get ahead. That is my rant for the day.
In other basketball news 5 ranked teams lost, including UNC who is #1 and Clemson, who was the only remaining undefeated team. Several other ranked teams only won by a goal or two. In Pac 10 news both Washington teams lost to unranked teams from California. I was especially happy about Washington State's loss, since UA lost to them last week, a bit silly, but at least we lost to a ranked team. Tomorrow UA plays the Oregon Ducks #17.
I am a bit sad because Thursday and Saturday UA will be here in LA but because tickets are so expensive I will not be able to see my team in person. Maybe I can get into the school gym and see if they have FSN because these games should be good. Especially because UCLA is number 3 and they barely won against USC.
Pac-10 basketball is getting exciting because there are several teams tied for first place and it is only about a quarter of the way through conference play!
For those of you who don't know, I LOVE college basketball. And just so everyone knows, there will probably be more posts like this up until the end of March!
grace and peace
posted by valerie @ 11:22 PM
1 Comments:
At 8:42 PM,
Adam said…
I predict...another SEC domination...
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