Championship Week

Wanted: The next George Mason.

Who's going to make get in? What are the names to know?

I'm starting with a VMI-Winthrop game. There's talk that Winthrop wants in even if they lose. VMI, interestingly, starts two sophs, a freshman and two juniors. They also have the nation's top scorer.

 

Actually, the VMI system is not a carbon copy of the Loyola-Marymount fast-paced game. VMI actually plays a lot of pressure defense and traps frequently. The Keydets play a heck of a lot more defense than LMU played.

 

Cinderellas? There's always one.

But no one has George Mason's story this year.

Someone could even be better, but their story won't be like Mason's.

 

I know what you mean, but that kind of seems like a slight to what George Mason did last season. That storyline simply doesn't happen every season.

 

I believe they said VMI was about to set a new NCAA record for steals in a season.

This is a good game, but I'm not convinced that VMI can continue the pace that Winthrop has set.

 

VMI switched gears this week knowing they couldn't win games in the conference tournament by running at people. It's worked pretty well. They've played a lot of zone and half-court offense, completely opposite of what they did in the regular season.

 

And we have controversy for the first time. By the way, how did I manage to put this thread in the wrong place. Dear Moderator, this is your opportunity to move a thread, assuming that you haven't done so. Consider it your training camp.

By the way, awesome news here. I haven't really had more than three days to myself since I moved to my new state nearly two years ago. But I just learned that my wife is going to her father's for spring break. She's taking the two kids. And I'm going on a 70-mile hike, which will be followed by watching every televised minute of the first and second round of the Tournament. I believe she's due back on Sunday evening, so I might have to end my week of freedom by hitting a bar just before the last few teams stake their bid for the Final Four.

 

Bubble teams holding their breath over SoCon final.

Edit: Now breathing a little easier.

 

Anyone else hoping Billy Packer gets assigned the Missouri Valley final tomorrow as karmic penance for bitching up a storm about the Valley getting four or five teams in last year? He'll probably do Duke-Carolina but a boy can dream, right?

 

Championship Week! March 1-11! Don't miss any of the 11 days in this great week!

 

Hey, that's a long way, now that you mention it.