Mid-October madness ...It's that lovely time of the year when all of our self-proclaimed college basketball College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCAA. History
They begin spewing nonsense about "parity" and how it is ruining the game; the "sameness" of our offenses and defenses and how it is ruining the game; and the "decline" of shooting skills and how it is ruining the game. The season will open, a little time will pass and you'll begin wondering where all the things that were "ruining the game" had gone. Answer: Gone with the wind of all of those years. To our ancient eyeballs, the game has never looked better. The plethora of talent still staggers staggers /stag·gers/ (stag´erz) a form of vertigo occurring in decompression sickness. staggers incoordination of any kind, including a tendency to fall, and recumbency if harassed. us. Its muscularity, speed, jumping ability, drive, power, and intelligence! And the parity of the teams ... the elegance of so many of them: Connecticut, Duke, Saint Joseph's Saint Joseph's may refer to:
Parity, competitiveness, and multi-skillfulness are beautiful guarantees of exciting seasons. Let us treasure the words, not flay flay to strip off the skin. them. During the course of March Madness March Madness may refer to:
n. 1. The year before the present year. 2. Time past; yore. yes and we loved them for what they showed and didn't show. They showed us a bit of excellent players and teams ... as well as undeniable proof of their inferiority to the players of the post 2000 game. Forgive the heresy, Coach Rupp. |
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