How about those Davidson Wildcats?
I admit I wasn't bold enough to pick Davidson to beat Georgetown in my NCAA tournament bracket -- although I did have it beating Gonzaga in the first round -- but that's exactly what the Wildcats did Sunday. They knocked off the second-seeded Hoyas 74-70 to advance to the Sweet 16.
As a proud Appalachian State graduate, it has never been my style to root for the Mountaineers' Southern Conference rival.
Well, those days are gone.
What's not to like about a well-coached, fundamentally-sound basketball team?
That's the Wildcats in a nutshell. Oh, and they just happen to have probably the best shooter in the nation in guard Stephen Curry, who followed up his 40-point performance in their first-round win over Gonzaga with 30 against the Hoyas.
People are talking about a possible North Carolina-Kansas showdown in the Final Four.
Don't count out those talented 10th-seeded Wildcats from winning the Midwest Regional this week.
I won't be.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Some headscratching selections
The North Piedmont 3A released its winter sports all-conference award winners to the R&L on Monday. There are some more questionable selections this year. (SHOCK!)
Sometimes you wonder if the people voting on these things actually have a clue as to what's going on.
You can tell some let their jealousy or disdain for another school influence their voting.
Last year, Lake Norman swimmer Austin Johnson won a state championship in the 100-yard butterfly. He also was a regional champion, a county champion and a conference champion.
Somehow, a majority of NPC powers that be managed not to vote for him as NPC swimmer of the year. I know there were some other talented swimmers in the league, but not the caliber of Johnson.
It was absurd.
Mooresville's Ellen Velte got hosed in the girls swimmer of the voting in 2008. I think Statesville's Shannon Hayes is an outstanding swimmer, but Velte is better and the results back that up.
The NPC swim coaches have more of a swimming background than do the writers here at the R&L. Nevertheless, we will get it right when we unveil our county swimmers of the year in the coming days.
Sometimes you wonder if the people voting on these things actually have a clue as to what's going on.
You can tell some let their jealousy or disdain for another school influence their voting.
Last year, Lake Norman swimmer Austin Johnson won a state championship in the 100-yard butterfly. He also was a regional champion, a county champion and a conference champion.
Somehow, a majority of NPC powers that be managed not to vote for him as NPC swimmer of the year. I know there were some other talented swimmers in the league, but not the caliber of Johnson.
It was absurd.
Mooresville's Ellen Velte got hosed in the girls swimmer of the voting in 2008. I think Statesville's Shannon Hayes is an outstanding swimmer, but Velte is better and the results back that up.
The NPC swim coaches have more of a swimming background than do the writers here at the R&L. Nevertheless, we will get it right when we unveil our county swimmers of the year in the coming days.
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