Basketball Comments

Warriors -  Congratulations to the Warriors for their trade for Andrew Bogut consider one of the better centers in the NBA.  It's a risk but opportunities are few in the NBA and this one they could not pass up if they want to be considered a serious contender for an NBA title.


What I Love About College Basketball -

1) I was watching the USC - UCLA Pac 12 tournament game and with one second to go in the half the Trojans miss a lay up and UCLA rebounds and calls time out.  The officials huddle by the scorekeeper for it seems minutes to determine the exact time left on the clock.  Then the Bruins pass the ball in and throw a desperation  80 foot prayer down court.  Give me a break!

2)  Committing a foul in basketball use to be a penalty.  Now it is a reward.  If you haven't figure that one out yet you don't understand the game.

3)  Don't you just love the last minute of the games taking about 15 minutes with all the time outs and foul shots. I guess that excites people, not me!


Notes on the NCAA Tourney

1)  Since I was sick I slept through the NCAA Selection Show on TV.  Once I was awake I printed the Bracket and the first thing I saw was USF/California in a 'play in game'  Could it be that the Dons got at large bid to play the Golden Bears at the Cow Palace?  Then I came to my senses and discovered it was the USF Bulls who routed the Bears in Dayton before a large groups of fans that wanted to take a 'flier' on the Stock Market.

2)  The tourney is noted for all the upsets that make it exciting with all those #12 teams beating the #5's.  But in the South, West and East Regions three out of the top four made it to the sweet 16 and in the Midwest 2 out of 4.  Yes Duke lost but they keep playing on their reputation of ten years ago.

3)  The upsets and close games do make for excitement but the quality of play leaves something to be desired.  Physical errors I understand but the mental errors that I observed by St Mary's, Notre Dame and Lehigh  in the couple games I watched were just unexcusable.

4)  I would fire the Notre Dame coach for playing not to lose instead of to win against Xavier and for using a 'put me to sleep' offense that through his team all out of rhythm

Homer Sweeney