2008 Woodie Awards
Church's Influence on Sports
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
David Church
Issue date: 3/25/08 Section: Opinion
The Good
Basketball fans got there wishes and saw Tampa Bay, Florida deliver four upsets in the second day of first round games. In the first game, No. 12 Western Kentucky watched their lead dwindle as No. 5 Drake came back to tie the game. Then Western Kentucky took care of business in overtime when Ty Rodgers hit a three point buzzer beater. Then No. 13 San Diego was able to hold on and win in overtime against No. 4 Connecticut.
Later in the afternoon, No. 13 Siena took care of business and beat the struggling No. 4 Vanderbilt by winning by 21 points. Then the final upset of the first round took place when No. 12 Villanova was able to control the flow of the game and beat No. 5 Clemson.
Then add No. 10 Davidson, Western Kentucky, Villanova, and No. 7 West Virginia to the sweet sixteen creating mayhem with the brackets.
The Bad
Three of my five brackets I have playing in money pools. Seeing Clemson and Vanderbilt getting eliminated, took out two teams that I had beating Kansas in the Sweet 16 and advancing to the Elite Eight. But despite losing a lot of the one point games in the first round, I am happy to say I have all my final four teams and the loss of certain teams does help my final standings in my brackets.
The Ugly
This one is easy: Duke! No. 15 Belmont knew what they needed to do to beat No. 2 Duke. Belmont tasted their first tournament victory in history with 11.9 seconds remaining in the game. But there best wasn't enough as they fell 71-70. But it was West Virginia who was able to get the ball down low and take care of Duke 73-67 in the second round.
Duke, like others, were over exposed and overrated. Unable to do what they needed to do to advance, there now going get to watch the rest of the madness with the rest of us on the television.
Any comments or comments can be sent to churc009@csusm.edu or pride@csusm.edu.
Basketball fans got there wishes and saw Tampa Bay, Florida deliver four upsets in the second day of first round games. In the first game, No. 12 Western Kentucky watched their lead dwindle as No. 5 Drake came back to tie the game. Then Western Kentucky took care of business in overtime when Ty Rodgers hit a three point buzzer beater. Then No. 13 San Diego was able to hold on and win in overtime against No. 4 Connecticut.
Later in the afternoon, No. 13 Siena took care of business and beat the struggling No. 4 Vanderbilt by winning by 21 points. Then the final upset of the first round took place when No. 12 Villanova was able to control the flow of the game and beat No. 5 Clemson.
Then add No. 10 Davidson, Western Kentucky, Villanova, and No. 7 West Virginia to the sweet sixteen creating mayhem with the brackets.
The Bad
Three of my five brackets I have playing in money pools. Seeing Clemson and Vanderbilt getting eliminated, took out two teams that I had beating Kansas in the Sweet 16 and advancing to the Elite Eight. But despite losing a lot of the one point games in the first round, I am happy to say I have all my final four teams and the loss of certain teams does help my final standings in my brackets.
The Ugly
This one is easy: Duke! No. 15 Belmont knew what they needed to do to beat No. 2 Duke. Belmont tasted their first tournament victory in history with 11.9 seconds remaining in the game. But there best wasn't enough as they fell 71-70. But it was West Virginia who was able to get the ball down low and take care of Duke 73-67 in the second round.
Duke, like others, were over exposed and overrated. Unable to do what they needed to do to advance, there now going get to watch the rest of the madness with the rest of us on the television.
Any comments or comments can be sent to churc009@csusm.edu or pride@csusm.edu.
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