Saturday, March 24, 2007

CLCIK YOUR HEELS AND YOU CAN GO BACK TO KANSAS

What a game!! Fast paced, tough defense, 6 players with a combined 28 steals. And we won. Number two UCLA vs. Kansas, the number one seed. We took it to them and we got em'.

Was it just me, or were there more hacks than at a lung cancer clinic? Obviously, the refs were letting them play, for the most part, although we had some unfair quick fouls leveled against us. But we survive and are going to Georgia. The final four for the second straight year.

Our opponent? Hopefully Oregon, who we know well, and match up better against, although we did take a loss against them in the regular conference play. If not Oregon, then Florida, the team that beat us (and I mean pulled down our britches and beat us) in the finals last year. That would mean looking at the ugliest man in college basketball, possibly ever, for 60 minutes, Mr. Noah. But, whatever. One game at a time. Two games left.
Will we be outplayed? Possibly, we lost some really stupid games this year, especially to teams ranked in the 50 to 100 range.
Will we be out coached? No way. At first, I thought Howland was out of his mind letting us run the court in a fast paced tempo. But we did OK. Yes, we won, but we just did OK. Aaron went off for the first time in the tourney, and he will stay hot for the duration. But, we took some stupid shots (Luc from the three point line), and Darren had a total of seven, count them seven turnovers, way too much, even against a well executed press.
But for now, we won, we are headed for the final four, and it is ever so cool to be a Bruin right now.

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