The NCAA selection show is a week away and some of the usual suspect may not be "dancing" this year. Connecticut Huskies lost in the first round of the Big East Tournament and don't have the resume to make the tourney this year. I think that Coach Calhoun needs to take some time off and get healthy. The Connecticut Huskies women's team are going for history and maybe the men's team needs to go watch them practice and learn what team work is all about. Coach Calhoun may need to watch so he can regain his smile and swagger back. It is so sad to see him looking so sad and yelling at every player because they have made a bad play. He will be back and so will the Huskies!!!
The Pac-10 is way down this year too. I have to say that this may be the worst division 1 conference I have ever seen. Not one team out here has any quality wins to speak of this season. UCLA, Stanford, Arizona, and Oregon have been perennials in the tournament for years and they may not make the tourney this year. When the Washington schools are the "bell cow" of your conference, you know you have trouble. With St. Marys winning their tournament last night, that is going to take away spots from the Pac-10. This conference is taking it on the chin, but they will be back next year because there are way to many good ball players out here for this to last a long time.
The North Carolina Tar Heels may not make the tournament either. They win the title a year ago and thought they had a top ten recruiting class this year and the walls have crashed down on them. They not only look lost but they look beleaguered. Coach Williams has probably aged 10 years this season because he cannot believe that his system is not working. I have never seen him so frustrated.
Billy Donovan down in Florida must be wondering what happened to his magic too. He led the Gators to two straight titles and since he had that great class he has gone the in the opposite direction. They may make the tournament but only if they can get to the finals of the S.E.C. tourney.
The point of all of this is the that mighty have fallen and they cannot get up. Signing too many one and done kids have hurt great programs like Arizona, and some of these other schools seem to get caught with the wrong players filling in for great talent. UNC and Uconn fit that description. Even though the top of the country this year is filled with one and done players, next looks promising for some of the schools that are struggling. All of these coaches can recruit, so no one should be panicking. We really should be focusing on the Uconn women's team and to see if Nebraska can meet them in the title game. We have not had two unbeaten teams play each other in a title game in a long time and maybe this is what the women's game needs. I hope it happens. I also hope that Kansas, Syracuse, Kentucky, and Duke make the final four...
Short but sweet today..
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