That’s my lone consolation for IU getting stuck down at an 8 seed. It seems like a hose job (considering that other commentators had them at a 5), but hey, when you lose 3 of your last 4 you can’t complain.
The loss to Minnesota was one of the most gut wrenching I can ever remember. After DJ White did about 10 legendary things in the last 20 seconds (his block of the lay up will be too soon forgotten), for that team to lose that game just made you feel like it wasn’t meant to be. Minnesota’s last 4 baskets seemed to be on broken plays and tipped passes. The officials blew at least 4 major calls in the second half (the most egregious was the non-goal tending call on DJ’s dunk). The snake has bit these kids so many times, that they must feel like a 12 pack of white mice by now.
So now the Hoosiers have a tough 8-9 game, and if they win the reward is North Carolina in their own sandbox. Great. At least I don’t have to bother worrying about IU basketball much past this weekend. I suppose this way, it won’t interfere with my fantasy draft coming up.
It seemed there was more odd decisions by the committee than normal this year. The screw job they put to Butler is utter unconscionable. At any rate, I’ll be following my yearly tradition of not really filling out a bracket. I occasionally throw one together with zero thought, but I found that I enjoy the tourney more if I don’t feel like I have to root for some favorite to be McCrap State just because I picked them to do so. I’d rather watch the last few seconds of a tight game pulling for any and every upset.
Still, I wish DJ White could get more than just one or two more games in Cream and Crimson. He was never greater than he was on Friday night.
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