By Mark Buckets
It wasn't a Saturday night to remember at the Alamodome: In fact, for UCLA and North Carolina, it was one to erase from memory, as ESPN.com's Gene Wojciechowski eloquently puts it.
The two highly-anticipated National Semifinals that were played Saturday Night in San Antonio turned out to be two highly anti-climactic affairs.
In game one, Memphis took UCLA behind the woodshed and spanked the Bruins 78 to 63. The result itself wasn't as surprising as the way in which the Tigers dispatched of UCLA, executing the fast break to perfection and tearing apart the vaunted Bruins' half-court defense.
Derrick Rose and Chris Douglas-Roberts combined to score 53 of Memphis' 78 points, and delivered big play after big play to squelch any faint Bruin hopes.
In what turned out to be a huge game of redemption for Joey Dorsey - who verbally tore into Greg Oden before last year's regional final right here in San Antonio - the ripped 6-9 senior snagged 15 important rebounds despite not tallying a single point.
Dorsey did a phenomenal job in combination with Memphis' other big men to deny UCLA super frosh Kevin Love the ball in halfcourt sets.
On the flip side, UCLA's Darren Collison swung and missed on most likely his final attempt to capture a National Championship with the Bruins. He fouled out with two points.
The future of UCLA's current roster is in limbo heading into 2009. Kevin Love will most certainly declare for the NBA Draft, with Russell Westbrook and Darren Collison likely following suit.
The Memphis Tigers are hitting on all cylinders and appear to be on a collision course with destiny, aiming to become the first team to win 39 games in a season(after their record-breaking 38th tonight) and bring home the school's first National Championship.
There is no denying this Memphis team has surpassed most media expectations. In fact, the Tigers have believed in themselves from day one.
The eye of the Tiger was truly ruthless tonight in the Alamo City.
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4 comments:
these be professional programs be payin more money than them other pro programs. Butler be playin them real ball. Uh huh. Uh huh. Butler be real student athletes. butler not be pluggin robots to be playin them student games. Butler students be studyin. they aint be workin on them bowling games and be callin themselve students.
Butler be beein a real ncaa program
Looks like Butler Bob is back from his romantic getaway in Green Bay with Ethel.
Yo, I wanted UCLA to make it to da championship so that I could go out there and bang all dem UCLA cheerleadaz!!!!!
UCLA cheerleaders iz tight, yo.
I banged a bunch of em last year.
So I know they woulda been fiendin' for dis dikk again, son.
But that's ok. I get all da puzzy here on Long Island and on tha Jersey Shore anywayz, kiddd!!!!!!!
Ya Digggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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with a name like guido be you yoddlin?
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