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March 2008
Lovely weather
I remember running track in some brutal conditions in high school, but that is a bit different than what I have seen area soccer players and golfers go through the last few days. First, the girls who went to the Brittany in Wilson suffered through cold, wind and rain, especially the Pasquotank girls, to play Saturday. The golfers didn’t have it quite so bad on Monday, but it was quite windy and some players still put up some good scores. Kudos to all, and I hope the weather is better for you soon.
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It’s elementary
I wnet to the elementary March Madness basketball tournament on Thursday and for the most part, people seemed to have a good time. Congratulations to P.W. Moore’s girls and J.S. Sawyers boys for winning the titles.
There were a couple of problems — it ran way too long for one and a couple of idiots had to start a fight — but overall it seemed like a good time was had by most everyone there. While it is dificult to prevent fights from breaking out, keeping the length of the event down is another matter. The easiest thing to do would be to run the first round one day and the semifinals and finals the next (something several people I talked to suggested). Not only would it keep the evening short (getting kids home before their bedtime) but it might also increase the gate. Just a thought.
That being said, kudos to the school district for putting on an event such as this. It is a positive experience for the kids and the community.
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Black Magic
The first installment of ESPN’s Black Magic, a history of basketball at Historically Black Colleges, was in a word, outstanding. I was hooked from the beginning with the montage of video from the 2007 CIAA tournament, which included shots of ECSU’s celebration after winning the championship. This is history that is new to me and I learned a lot from the film. I am working tonight, but the DVR is set and I am looking forward to watching part 2 when I get home later.
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Conference tourney thoughts
A few things I took away from what little I have actually seen from the conference basketball tournaments:
1: The SEC is not as strong as people give it credit for.
2. The top teams in the ACC are very strong. The semifinal and final games showed that no one wants to see UNC, Duke, Clemson or Va. Tech early on in their brackets.
3. Memphis will do fine as long as it plays teams on par with their Conference USA competition. I think they are a coin-flip with any solid team from a big conference and would fall to any of the ACC teams I just listed.
And before anybody makes comments about me being an ACC shill, let’s remember that I’m a Big Ten guy. But let’s face it, the Big Ten is about fifth in terms of conferences this year.
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