So, yes, I am a passionate person. I might not look passionate to you, but there are several things I can really get worked up about. Since I was a young teenager living in Virginia I have been wildly passionate about college basketball...especially March Madness.
MARCH MADNESS
Nestled in the middle of the ACC, I couldn't help but fall in love with University of North Carolins (UNC). They were my favorite and I firmly felt that if "God was not a Tarheel, why was the sky Carolina blue." I remember finally beating UCLA which was a major accomplishment and loving me some Phil Ford. As life would have it, I moved from that area in 1978, so after a while my love for ACC basketball was replaced by my love for the SEC and Mississippi State in particular. This past weekend found five of us, Willie, Bryant, LeAnna, Reagan and me in Nashville for the SEC Tournament.
I remembered how exciting a tournament can be, how I HATE Kentucky blue and how scalpers can cause you to watch a championship game from your hotel room.
Mississippi State had a fabulous run in the tournament and should have won....would have won, except for 1 second. Not the first time KY has beat us at the last second. They have done it several times, but I sure was furious on Sunday afternoon. Our loss left us out of the NCAA Tournament. KY was assured of a bid. Now, just think about it, KY ranked no. 2 in the nation. We take them to overtime on two different games this season and would have won the tournament if not for ONE second. Now I know you can say that we should have taken care of business, but boy my boys were playing their hearts out. This loss didn't just mean they were not SEC tournament champions, we discovered a couple hours later, it meant no NCAA bid. That just wasn't right.
Bryant taking some pics from the rafters.
Now back to my beloved UNC, who has had an awful season for them...Guess who MSU plays on Saturday??!! Yes, that's right, the Tarheels will be at the Hump. I never thought I'd see that happen. It will be such an exciting atmosphere and while there was a time I never thought I would say anything like this, I sure hope we can beat the stew out of them. Actually, I hope we beat the stew out of everyone and win the NIT....Take that you NCAA Selection Committee, who apparently was too busy filling out their brackets with their predetermined winners that they didn't have time to watch our game. I called them nincompoops on facebook and I think that is a good description. They really messed up and I hope they figure that out in a few days.
On another note, when we were traveling to Nashville, we were about one hour out, when what to our wondering eyes did appear, but roadkill surrounded by some large buzzards. As we approached, they naturally too flight and one managed to fly right into our windshield. It shattered, but fortunately didn't end up in our laps and the buzzard didn't end up in the car with us. But we did have to turn around, drive back to Philadelphia, switch everything to Reagan's car then head out again. Bottom line is that we weren't hurt, we have a new windshield and we still made it to Nashville in time to get checked into our hotel, get tickets and see the Bulldogs defeat Florida---who did make it into the NCAA Tournament and who has been put out in the first round....but to their credit, they were a 16 seed, playing a 1 seed and took them to overtime.
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