My Beloved 94 Bloggees:
Florida got some good news when its "earlier in the season victim" Kansas State shocked the world Monday night in decisively defeating its state rival, # 1 Kansas 84 - 68 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/73347 . Bloggee Charlie resides in the "Little Apple", Manhattan, Kansas, home of the Wildcats but is also a fan (and alum, I believe) of the Kansas Jayhawks. Reminds me of the 1976 Mary MacGregor song, "Torn between Two Lovers" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1F5BLLFAeM .
Back to the game, All-American Jacob Pullen put his Kansas State team on his back scoring 38 points including a radar-like 5 of 6 behind the arc. Against Florida at a neutral site in December, he scored just half of that and was only 1 of 7 from the perimeter http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/73347 . What a difference two months makes! NEXT
A team that plays a lot of seniors has a big advantage during the March Madness pressure-cooker. Bloggee Bob hopes this is true with respect to his alma mater, Virginia Tech, featuring four seniors with its top dog being 6 ' 3 senior guard Malcolm Delaney and his 19.1 scoring average http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/players/73217 . On Sunday, Delaney led the Hokies to a revenge win over Georgia Tech 102 - 77 with 33 points on 9 for 14 shooting, 3 for 4 from three-land. Then on Tuesday night Delaney was only 3 for 14 from the field but a perfect 14 for 14 from the free throw line (gives me chills) resulting in a team-high 22 points in the 91 - 87 victory over Maryland.
The three other seniors who regularly receive a majority of Hokie minutes are 6' 7 Jeff Allen, 6' 5 Dorenzo Hudson and 6' 7 Terrell Bell who average 13.8, 10.4 and 7.2 points per game respectively. Virginia Tech's head man, Seth Greenberg, is counting on this quartet to capitalize on their experience to finally make a run in the NCAA tourney. NEXT
I figured I needed to go see the top Division I free throw shooter in the country (men and women), Samford's senior point guard Emily London, with her 97.4 % accuracy on 76 of 78 shooting. (She had no free throw attempts in her previous game on Saturday). So on Monday night I went to see her play her last home game (yes, it was Valentine's Day....my wife had a dance class that night...c'mon, do you really think......)
As I sat with bloggees Jeff and John, in her first five 5 throw attempts, she missed 3 of them. All year she misses just 2 and then I show up and I see her miss 3 free throws. Was it the pressure from the blog? By the way, Emily did sink her last 5 free throws for a 7 for 10 effort on her way to 19 points in the 58 - 47 victory over Davidson http://samfordsports.cstv.com/sports/w-baskbl/stats/2010-2011/sam0214.html . She still leads Division 1 at 94.3 % with Ole Miss's Chris Warren in second at 93.8 % on 122 of 130 free throws. And no, she doesn't wipe her hands on her socks before each free throw like her mentor, Kyle Macy .NEXT
Cliff Ellis's Coastal Carolina Chanticleers were on a 22-game winning streak that was the talk of the South, if not the basketball nation. It has been an amazing coaching comeback for the former South Alabama, Clemson and Auburn top man. However, on Tuesday night Coastal Carolina was upset at home by lowly Gardner Webb 59 - 57 http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/recap?gid=201102150122 . That may have destroyed any hope of the 75th RPI ranked Chanticleers getting an at-large bid if they falter in the Big South Conference tournament. NEXT
To football...this next link might be the most entertaining website for college football fans in the history of the internet. http://www.larrymunson.com/audio.asp There is no doubt former Georgia Bulldog announcer, Larry Munson, is one of the best college football radio broadcasting "homers" to ever grace the airwaves. When I lived in Atlanta from 1979 - 1995, one of the highights of each fall Saturday, was to turn to WSB 750 AM and listen to Larry do his thing.
If you haven't done so already, you need to click on the link above and scroll down to listen to the brief "Munson" excerpts of:
1. 2001 GA - TN,
2. 1992 GA - Aub
3. 1982 GA - Aub
4. 1980 GA - FLA (this is painful but an amazing call)
You can follow the narrative on the website after you Click to Listen Now. He is something. THAT'S IT
Enjoy,......going to see all-BB Noah Dahlman and the Wofford Terriers tonight against struggling Samford.....UAB has to go on the road tonight without star Cameron Moore and play their "Daddy", Memphis, as they are clawing, reaching and scratching (sounds like Larry Munson) for that elusive at-large bid to the NCAAs.,
Barry
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