Monday, March 26, 2007

My favourite game of the weekend was Georgetown’s 96-84 win over UNC…some observations:

With all the hype surrounding the Tar Heel guards it was Georgetown's backcourt of Jonathan Wallace and Jessie Sapp that played like stars, combining for 34 points (12-of-20 FG) and 15 assists (with only three turnovers) including the “dagger” three by Wallace that sent the game into OT…Carolina's vaunted starting guards, Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson, shot 4-of-20 and finished with 10 points combined…

Georgetown went to a 2-3 zone which Carolina could not do anything with…heck, with all of those McDonald’s high school All-Americans the only guy who can hit the 3 is Wes Miller…a former walk-on who transferred James Madison….

Jeff Green will be a terrific NBA player, he is the most well rounded player since Shane Battier, and a much better athlete…nuff said…

The Hoyas outscored the Tar Heels 15-3 during the overtime period…in fact the Tar Heels are now 0-7 in overtime games this year…why? Because they play such a flexible offence, and in OT you need to execute set plays, not have freshmen make decision or have options…The Hoyas just continued to run their offence, back screening and cutting to the basket exactly as they did at any point during the game…

The Hoyas are balanced…All five Georgetown starters scored at least 13 points….

Other game notes:

I wonder if Tigers C Joey Dorsey has completed his meal of crow…before the game with Ohio State Dorsey said, "This is the game I wanted…Oden is overrated as a big man...and he might be as good as Joey Dorsey…I think it's going to be David versus Goliath." So how did it work out? Oden went 7 of 8 from the field for 17 points, 9 rebounds, and 1 block all against Dorsey in the Buckeye’s 92-76 win over Memphis….Dorsey finished with 0 points, 3 rebounds and 4 fouls…he left the game with 3:47 remaining and Memphis down by 10 never to return…

Oh boy…Tajuan Porter scored only 10 points on 2-for-12 in Oregon’s 84-77…this on the heels of his 33-point performance in the Ducks' regional semifinal win over UNLV on Friday…and can anyone guard Taurean Green and Lee Humphrey? Humphrey scored 23 points and 7-of-13 long-distance shooting, while Green had 21 points on 4-of-8 three-point shooting

Randolph Morris is a New York Knick…the Raps tried to sign him…Morris is the first player to go from playing in the NCAA Tournament to being on an NBA roster in the same week. The 6-foot-11, 260-pound Morris originally declared for the 2005 draft but was not taken and had not signed with an agent. He returned to school and played two more seasons as a free agent who was ineligible to be drafted. Morris averaged 16.1 points and shot 59 percent from the field this season for Kentucky.

If you haven’t noticed, Kobe Bryant has lost his mind lately, leading the Lakers to 5 straight wins while averaging 53.6 PPG on 91-173 or 53% from the floor, 21-44 or 48% from three and 65-71 or 92% from the free throw line…which is bananas…of course for perspective, in 1962 Wilt Chamberlain averaged 50.4 PPG for an ENTIRE SEASON…

Huh? http://www.sacbee.com/100/story/144157.html

In case you didn’t notice, in 34 games with the Nuggets, Iverson is averaging 26.3 points on 45.4 percent shooting to go along with 7.4 assists since he moved to Denver…

1 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

On ESPN, Simmons linked to the highlights of the DII championship the other day - do yourself a favour and check it out: http://cbs.sportsline.com/video/player/videos

- Chris

9:39 a.m.  

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