Is it just me? Or has anyone else noticed how referees in this year's NCAA's are a little too fired up. They seem like they are so eager to be a part of the game and make emphatic, game-changing calls, that they want to really blow the whistle as much as possible. I don't have a problem with calling a foul, it needs to be done, but is there anything more disenchanting then the ref waiting that extra second to give an overemphatic hand signal to reinforce the fact that the call he is making is all the more significant? He must be thinking to himself, "yeah, this one's gonna be a game changer, so that's why i'm really gonna thrust forward my hips and kick back my elbows for this blocking call. Which by the way is probably the most difficult call to make in sports, and silliest cop out for a defender who is cleary at a disadvantage only as a last resort to sneak in under an unsuspecting would be layuper.
Would it be giving Aaron Segel's life coach Mike Shushefsky (thats how it sounds isn't it?) too much credit to say that Duke basketball revolutionized the game with the likes of Trajan Langon and Shane Battier taking the charge with the best of them? Maybe the pros were doing it long before that, but the charge really has a special, more visible place in the college game.
Despite all those negatives being thrown out there, I have been able to watch quite a lot of the tournament due to our prolonged daylight savings time for the time being, and the minimized time difference. Although maryland-cal was probably the worst 1st round game i've ever seen. too bad i didn't watch wake forest/florida state. way to go acc, just go on and vindicate the big 10 getting all those teams, minnesota, wisconsin, i'd rather watch them play football, (i think).
Teams that have impressed me: Memphis, Villanova, UConn, W.Kentucky
teams i expected more from: Washington, UCLA, the ACC
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