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KC’s “power and light” district is next door to the Sprint Center, so that was our 1st stop on the 65 degree day. It had a lot of restaurants and a open air center with a HUGE TV. I had one of the best cheese burgers I have ever had. Nice area.

Now the NAIA national championships were down the street. Lots of basketball being playing in a square mile down town.

Memphis vs Cal State Northridge what you did not see on TV

Cal State traveled pretty well and Memphis brought their huge amount of fans. The refs really screwed Cal State down the stretch and it was one of “our refs” that did it. Those kids were getting fouled and they did not give them a call. Our tall ref that is so bad was calling. The guy robbed those kids of their chance to win.

CSN’s guard play was really good. I am so sick of watching poor guard play. Cal State’s pg looked to get to the hoop every time down. He made good passes that setup the other players to score. Cal State was a really nice looking mid-major team.

Maryland vs Cal what you did not see on TV

Both schools traveled about the same. Cal did not look as well coached as Maryland. Maryland had a 6’7” 265lbs kid that had the tree trunk legs. He could shoot and just smart with the ball. Not much to say other than Maryland will probably beat Memphis.

Mich vs Clem

Michigan traveled really well, as you would expect. Clemson had the talent to win but Belign (sp?) just coached a circle around them. Never doubt that guy. The zone defense made up for the lack of bigs and the offense just makes the other team look bad.

OK vs cal’s old coach

I stayed until half, so I did not see Griffin get thrown on his head. Griffin is just a man child. Not much to say about if other than OKC’s weak guard play is going to get exposed by Mich on Saturday.

Refs

There were about 4 of the guys that we have at our games calling the tournament. The tall ref that Frickie said was the worse ref ever was calling in this tournament. The gray haired guy that calls our games was there.

Got home in time to see WKU get a screw job in the last 2 minutes that almost cost them the game. How do the refs miss the call for the ball being tipped and going out of bounds? I saw nothing of it on CBS sports or ESPN.

(03-20-2009 09:43 AM)insideualr Wrote: [ -> ]KC’s “power and light” district is next door to the Sprint Center, so that was our 1st stop on the 65 degree day. It had a lot of restaurants and a open air center with a HUGE TV. I had one of the best cheese burgers I have ever had. Nice area.

Now the NAIA national championships were down the street. Lots of basketball being playing in a square mile down town.

Memphis vs Cal State Northridge what you did not see on TV

Cal State traveled pretty well and Memphis brought their huge amount of fans. The refs really screwed Cal State down the stretch and it was one of “our refs” that did it. Those kids were getting fouled and they did not give them a call. Our tall ref that is so bad was calling. The guy robbed those kids of their chance to win.

CSN’s guard play was really good. I am so sick of watching poor guard play. Cal State’s pg looked to get to the hoop every time down. He made good passes that setup the other players to score. Cal State was a really nice looking mid-major team.

Maryland vs Cal what you did not see on TV

Both schools traveled about the same. Cal did not look as well coached as Maryland. Maryland had a 6’7” 265lbs kid that had the tree trunk legs. He could shoot and just smart with the ball. Not much to say other than Maryland will probably beat Memphis.

Mich vs Clem

Michigan traveled really well, as you would expect. Clemson had the talent to win but Belign (sp?) just coached a circle around them. Never doubt that guy. The zone defense made up for the lack of bigs and the offense just makes the other team look bad.

OK vs cal’s old coach

I stayed until half, so I did not see Griffin get thrown on his head. Griffin is just a man child. Not much to say about if other than OKC’s weak guard play is going to get exposed by Mich on Saturday.

Refs

There were about 4 of the guys that we have at our games calling the tournament. The tall ref that Frickie said was the worse ref ever was calling in this tournament. The gray haired guy that calls our games was there.

Got home in time to see WKU get a screw job in the last 2 minutes that almost cost them the game. How do the refs miss the call for the ball being tipped and going out of bounds? I saw nothing of it on CBS sports or ESPN.

I was rooting for CSUN. That's my oldest sister alma mata. It doesn't surprise me they traveled well. It doesn't have the name recognition of UCLA or USC, but alot of well to do people (excluding my family of course) in the LA area send their kids there.

(03-20-2009 10:22 AM)LR Alum Wrote: [ -> ]I was rooting for CSUN.

I root for anyone that plays Memphis, except maybe West Virginia.

I sure am jealousy of Kerry. First weekend of the tournament is the best.

(03-20-2009 03:26 PM)Scotto Wrote: [ -> ]I sure am jealousy of Kerry. First weekend of the tournament is the best.

Scott, this is the best site I have ever been too. The games are great. The two number 10 seeds will have a real chance to win tomorrow and one of them will.

Final thoughts from Saturday

We ate BBQ at a gas station that had a line out the door a few miles up the street before that. I had seen the BBQ place on the Food Network at some point. Had the ribs, it was good. Before the game we stopped by the power light district where we watched to the pep rally for the schools.

Memphis vs Maryland what you did not see on TV

I really thought that the ACC team would come out and win. They see Memphis talent a lot more than Memphis does. They have better coaching. They had a poor game plan of dribble drive and throw it up over the trees and they never stopped the ball.

At one point in the game with Memphis up 20, the Memphis fans started chanting ACC, ACC, ACC. One of the Maryland players had said that Memphis could not go .500 in the ACC, thus the chant. Well, the Jayhawk fans, like our Razorback fans last year, do the satanic rooooccckkk, ccchhhhaaaallllllkkkk, JJJJaaayyyhhawk, chant back to them. It was funny, but that has to be the creepiest cheer in sports.

OK vs Mich

I thought coaching would equal win here too but the Griffins are just too much to overcome. Those kids are the best looking players I have seen in a while for bigs. They find angles on the glass to score off of.

All in all, the best site I have been too for a tournament. The Big 12 is coming next year. Really nice and KC is a really great host city.