The NCAA Tournament At Full Stride
---Kevin Love is a beast. He had been way off my radar for a top 4 NBA pick to, say, Memphis, but after watching that performance last night, well, damn. 19 points, 11 boards, 7 blocks. He and Darren Collison absolutely willed UCLA to their comeback win in one helluva game with aTm. Bill Simmons is probably right on this one, while Love sure doesn't appear to meet the eye test for athleticism with regard to the NBA, he gets a lot of things done anyway, and then some.
---As good as the UCLA/aTm game was, the Stanford/Marquette overtime thriller before it was even better. It would appear the Lopez brothers will have some sort of career ahead of them in the Association.
---Duke's most recent early demise is not all that hard to figure out. I am with Dave (ACC basketball expert) in that Duke was a classic live-by-the-three-die-by-the-three team. They won't regain past heights of post-season excellence, I think, until they once again find a dependable inside game. What's wrong with Duke chatter underway in the Swamp.
Grant Wahl with a good read to get you ready for more hoped-for goodness today as he looks back on yesterday's excellence.