This Week In Sports......So Far

Well where to start. Besides noting the obvious that Adam Morrison is possibly the ugliest man in the NCAA, nay, make that the on the planet, Gonzaga is the luckiest team ever. There is no reason that Loyola Marymount should have lost their game against the Zags earlier in the week. One can only assume that Chris Ayer has been making the very lay up he missed in this game for the better part of 12 + years. COME ON MAN! However this sets up the possibility of the first ever 16 seed up ending a #1. This pending Zags get a #1, and the upset will happen since they clearly showed that they have no defensive skills what so ever.

Lets move on to Duke. Duke. Duke. Duke. Not only did you lose to Florida State, (who choked at Wake Forest who is having a down year) but you lost to UNC as well, and mind you this was all within the span of 3 days. What is the signifigence of this you ask? Well for starters it is the first time in the era of Coack K that he has lost back to back conference games. Let alone to end a season. This sets up the possibility of UNC in the championship against Duke since this gave UNC the critical #2 seed in the ACC tourney thereby avoiding Duke till the championship.

UConn, what were you doing out there? You effectively crapped down your own leg. Although you do have the right to blame the Syracuse campus paper for firing up McNamara and motivating the 'Cuse team. However, as supposedly the most dominating team in the country to play like that, i am convinced of nothing except the fact that you might be on tilt for the tourney. I predict a bow out in the elite 8.

Memphis choked against UAB earlier in the week as well. At tip of the 80-74 loss UAB was unranked and Memphis was # 3. The fact that the #3 team in the country can go scoreless from the field AND from the free throw line over the crucial 8 minute stretch from 12 to 4 for minutes to go in the 2nd half makes me wonder. Is UAB vastly underrated or are the Tigers vastly overrated. Who have they beat of substance this year? They have two decent wins. One was a 16th ranked Bruins team who is now # 12 and #8 Zags team that is now # 4. However this does nothing to convince me of a #1 seed for them.

The sixth ranked George Washington Colonials lost to Temple. Need I say more on this?

Now what you ask was the point of this post so far. Well its simple, I believe the Ohio State Buckeyes deserve a # 1 seed in this years tourney. They have 4 quality wins against top 20 teams this year. Not to mention the Big 10 is a vastly overlooked conference for basketball. To which Ohio State won the out right regular season title this season. They have proved to be a solid team as compared to the like of George Washington, Gonzaga and Memphis who are ranked ahead of them in the poles. And while UNC is pushing for a #1 with the win at Duke, their 6 losses are to much for 1 seed. The number 1s should be Ohio State, UConn, Villanova, and Duke.