My Beloved 48 Bloggees (Welcome Hank, Tysen and Alan):
I owe you one. After seeing UAB play Kent State, I had thought the Blazers would give Duke a better game and, in fact, upset them, instead of losing, 85 - 64. Unfortunately, I did not take into account that UAB stud 6' 10 forward, Cameron Moore, would shoot 3 for 15 (he did have 15 rebounds, however). http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/boxscore;_ylt=ApFDoRYlb6Vq1PBDzbm4aq_evbYF?gid=201101050173 My bad. NEXT
There was positive news and negative news for ex-Gators in Tuesday night's Texas Longhorns destruction of the Arkansas Razorbacks 79 - 46 (tough night for the football/basketball Razorbacks). http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201101040585 . Gator transfer, Jai Lucas (son of point guard John from the old Maryland days of the 70s with CBS analyst Len Elmore, former Congressman Tom McMillan and the fiery coach, Lefty Driesell) finally paid some dividends.....13 points in 23 minutes shooting 5 for 7, including 3 for 4 from way downtown plus 6 rebounds. Will he be a one-hit wonder like Zager and Evans? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izQB2-Kmiic
By the way, his brother John Lucas III, the former Oklahoma State star, got waived this week by the Chicago Bulls http://chicago.sbnation.com/chicago-bulls/2011/1/4/1914078/nba-contract-deadline-chicago-bulls-waive-john-lucas-iii .
The negative news is the continued descent of former Gator assistant coach, Arkansas's John Pelphrey. They are not very patient in Sooey Land. Only one player averages double figures, Rotnei Clark, who is a fine deep shooter, but not a consistent guy I would want leading my team in scoring. Pelphrey's only salvation might be his # 5 ranked incoming recruiting class http://basketballrecruiting.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1154662 . At Florida, he was an amazing recruiter and that trend seems to have continued. NEXT
Did you see that Ivy League's Harvard defeated ACC's Boston College Wednesday night for the third straight year, this time 78 - 69. http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201101050058 Coach Tommy Amaker, the former Duke star, steps up his game when he can show his old conference that he can coach.
Now for this blog's episode of, Who is that Assistant Coach? On Tuesday night I was watching parts of the Ohio State - Iowa game when a camera shot of the Iowa bench showed an ex-Gator assistant coach from the early 90's. He just completed 17 years leading the University of Central Florida. Who is that Assistant Coach? Why it is Kirk Speraw who returned to his Hawkeye alma mater this year. Thanks for playing. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2010-04-23/sports/os-ucf-kirk-speraw-iowa-0424-20100423_1_ucf-coach-kirk-speraw-hawkeyes-iowa NEXT
For you Birmingham bloggees, last Sunday I went to the Hilltop, to see Birmingham Southern play Oglethorpe in a Division III rivalry. It was definitely entertaining and I plan on going back. Our Panthers ended up winning and they have a sharpshooter with the sweetest J....Jasen Jonus. http://www.bscsports.net/index.aspx?path=mbball His brother, Justin, played at Alabama a few years ago before transferring to Troy.
I would encourage all you local basketball junkies to check it out and support the program of my favorite SEC basketball analyst, Birmingham Southern athletic director, Joe Dean, Jr., who does so much for our city, including Chairman of Community Relations of this Saturday's BBVA Compass Bowl http://www.bbvacompassbowl.com/joe-dean.php . (By the way, March Madness needs to have Joe as one of its CBS broadcasters, don't you agree?) Their next game is Saturday at 5:00 against Rhodes College. Here is their complete schedule. http://www.bscsports.net/schedule.aspx?path=mbball NEXT
To football.... you bloggees in Orlando have probably already read in the local "diaperwipe" the following tremendous article about Charlie Weis coming to UF. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/college/gators/os-bianchi-charlie-weis-florida-20110103,0,3189371.column Thanks to our LA bloggee for this one. NEXT
Will Muschamp was interviewed for over 7 minutes this morning by noted Miami sports talk show host and former Dolphin tight end, Joe Rose. http://www.wqam.com/index.php?page=727 Click on the Muschamp interview in the Joe Rose Interview Box. Thanks to our South Florida bloggee for this one. NEXT
Tough night in the Dreayer household. I kissed my wife good night and called her, "sweet baby". I ended up on the couch the rest of the night. http://content.usatoday.com/communities/gameon/post/2011/01/jeannine-edwards-ron-franklin-called-me-sweet-baby-not-sweet-cakes/1 I need to keep the sports section away from her. Can I get a rimshot? Yes, http://instantrimshot.com/
Enjoy...great time of the year, isn't it?...hoops galore with some post-season football,
Barry
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