First, the ACC tournament - pretty normal, except for Clemson beating dook and reaching the finals of the tourney for the first time since 1962...when they lost to a Final-Four-bound Wake Forest. I dearly hope Clem (and his son) can topple the Tarholes today - Virginia Tech came close to knocking the Evil Empire out yesterday, so they are definitely beatable. GO TIGGERS!
Then the SEC tournament - multiple OT games, the rest all with less than a 6 point differential, and don't forget the tornado! Yes, an F2 tornado whooshed through downtown ATL Friday night during the OT of the Alabama/Mississippi State game. While watching the game over at Laurie's house, we were amazed to see the catwalks near the ceiling sway, pieces of insulation powder the court, and the roof of the GA Dome rippling as the storm passed over it. The game was delayed for 64 minutes, then they finished that game (MSU pulling out the victory, much to Laurie's joy). The decision was made to postpone the GA/KY game which was to follow, due to the damage to the Dome as well as the rest of downtown.
The rest of the SEC games were moved to Georgia Tech's ThrillerDome (talk about irony) where more craxiness ensued. Given the late night & such on Friday, you'd think that the favorites would win on Saturday - and you'd be dead wrong. Georgia played Kentucky at noon & pulled out yet another OT win (they'd beaten Ole Miss in OT on Thursday). Then the first game of the Semi-finals pitted Arkansas against conference favorite (and #4 ranked) Tennessee. In a barnburner, Arkansas hit a jumper with 5.3 seconds left to clinch a 92-91 victory over the Vols. Then came Georgia's second game of the day, going up against a rested MSU team. Unfortunately MSU was not playing on all cylinders, falling behind big early in the game, but scrapping back to take the lead. The second half was much closer, with both teams playing killer defense and not generating a lot of offense. But in the end it was Georgia with the 64-60 victory. So Georgia & Arkansas face off today in the finals...I'll bet WTF is going through the heads of many SEC fans!
Now we await the conclusion of the conference tourneys, Selection Sunday (complete with frantic completion of numerous bracket pools), and then NIT Selection. Will Wake make it in? Stay tuned...
Then the SEC tournament - multiple OT games, the rest all with less than a 6 point differential, and don't forget the tornado! Yes, an F2 tornado whooshed through downtown ATL Friday night during the OT of the Alabama/Mississippi State game. While watching the game over at Laurie's house, we were amazed to see the catwalks near the ceiling sway, pieces of insulation powder the court, and the roof of the GA Dome rippling as the storm passed over it. The game was delayed for 64 minutes, then they finished that game (MSU pulling out the victory, much to Laurie's joy). The decision was made to postpone the GA/KY game which was to follow, due to the damage to the Dome as well as the rest of downtown.
The rest of the SEC games were moved to Georgia Tech's ThrillerDome (talk about irony) where more craxiness ensued. Given the late night & such on Friday, you'd think that the favorites would win on Saturday - and you'd be dead wrong. Georgia played Kentucky at noon & pulled out yet another OT win (they'd beaten Ole Miss in OT on Thursday). Then the first game of the Semi-finals pitted Arkansas against conference favorite (and #4 ranked) Tennessee. In a barnburner, Arkansas hit a jumper with 5.3 seconds left to clinch a 92-91 victory over the Vols. Then came Georgia's second game of the day, going up against a rested MSU team. Unfortunately MSU was not playing on all cylinders, falling behind big early in the game, but scrapping back to take the lead. The second half was much closer, with both teams playing killer defense and not generating a lot of offense. But in the end it was Georgia with the 64-60 victory. So Georgia & Arkansas face off today in the finals...I'll bet WTF is going through the heads of many SEC fans!
Now we await the conclusion of the conference tourneys, Selection Sunday (complete with frantic completion of numerous bracket pools), and then NIT Selection. Will Wake make it in? Stay tuned...
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