Basketball:
So Scipio did a great job on
introducing us to our ACC counterpart and robbing me of an easy morning column. A great read though, it sounds like they are in Texas' wheelhouse since it isn't at Wake. You can see the whole bracket
here.
Obviously Kentucky is the 2nd opponent and I don't think there's any way Texas beats them. Mason or Bradley would need to stay on Wall the entire game because
I have a man crush on Al McGuire, the basketball coach that led Marquette to its only national championship.
Basketball:
Against Oklahoma St., we saw Hamilton rise up. Against Oklahoma Bradley made a heroic effort, against Kansas James contributed his usual 20-10 and J'Covan Brown came out of the woodwork. Again I ask, who is the go-to scorer?
Box score is
here. Peter Bean chimes in with his thoughts
here. He's right on in praising the Kansas defense but it's no surprise when examining their place in the Ken Pomeroy
rankings matched against
If we can stop Luke Axtell, we might have a chance.
By the way, Gary Johnson to get the start over Justin Mason per Craig Way on the pregame.
The (non BC) General on the Big Monday game and expanding the March Madness field to 96.
There is no tomorrow for Texas Longhorns Basketball.
Unlike last Saturday or this coming Monday, there simply aren't many intriguing matchups. Sabado Gigante thanks you Mr. NCAA Scheduler. So let's rifle through these bonafide formalities that some will call basketball games and get to the one game that matters which is Georgetown vs. Seton Hall.
Kansas hosts a reeling Nebraska club after their near miss on the road at Colorado. Interesting that narrowly avoided mid-air collisions are dubbed near misses,
Let's start in the Big 12 where Kansas needed overtime to dispose of an upstart Colorado bunch.
Buff fans will lament the foul call with 36 seconds to play that sent Sherron Collins to the line to tie or take the lead. The call, quite frankly, was an amazingly bad bail out that had been a no call for the whole game. Well, if you were Colorado anyway. But get this, on their
You may have noticed that I only update this after a nice Texas win. Well, it has been a while and I am even more pessimistic about our chances at a Big 12 Title and NCAA Tournament success. Again, I lump everyone into "contender" status and the list is flexible as the season goes on (bye bye OU). I’ll try to update it weekly after Texas beats KU next Monday.
The Contenders
Kansas