NCAA Survivor 1/20/06
In the immortal words of Gunther, "You Love It!!" (By the way, if you're not listening to Gunther, you're not listening to Eurotrash.)
I've just got to lead off this column with a shout-out to Louie McCroskey, who Monday night against UConn executed the best non-Hak dunk I've ever witnessed in person. Here's four reasons why it blew me away:
1. It came out of nowhere in the course of the game. SU was getting buried. And if you didn't watch the game, let me just inform you that we were dominated from start to finish. But Louie's dunk was the first burst of attitude from the Orange, and I think set a "we're probably not gonna win, but we're not gonna give up either" tone for the rest of the game.
2. It came out of nowhere in the course of Louie's career. Here's a guy who has been the most athletic player on the court for the orange for the three year's he's been here. I'm talking in terms of the complete package: speed, agility, and strength. We knew he could jump because of his uncanny rebounding skills for a 6'5" guard. But for some reason, we never pieced that all together and realized he could dunk. He'd never shown us. Until Monday.
3. It was right in the face of Hilton Armstrong, a guy who's got half a foot on Louie, and who averages 3.2 blocks per game. A guy who was red hot coming into the contest, but was really the only Huskie to have a disappointing game, probably because of that embarassment. Louie had a teammate running the floor with him and we all expected him to pass it off rather than take on Hilton.
4. I've never seen anyone dunk with the obvious intention of groining another man in the face. I've seen people do that when they come down, but never on the way up.
Louie McCroskey can henceforth do no wrong.
SU (15-3): The orange, on the other hand... Here's the thing; Calhoun owns Gerry McNamara, and thus, the Orange. The year we won the title, we went 0-3 against the Huskies. Gerry has averaged 11 points against UConn in his career. So Monday night, from my seat up in 302, I only learned one thing: the Huskies are awesome. Better than Duke. Yup. I said it. And I've seen them both play live. As for the Orange, I'm not taking them off this list yet. And as long as they win one of their next two (@ Nova, @ Pitt), I'll still probably leave them on.
Here is the list, by the way:
Cream
Duke
UConn
Top Two Tiers
Gonzaga
Michigan St
Villanova
Louisville
Memphis
Illinois
Washington
Florida
------
Maryland
West Virginia
UNC (in some sort of odd metamorphosis of the Ewing Theory)
Pitt
Wake
The SU Tier
SU
The Thad Matta Tier
Ohio State
Indiana (11-3): Besides residing in a suddenly powerful Big 10 conference, Indiana plays UConn on Feb 4 and already played (and lost to) Duke this year. By the way, the Final Four is in Indy this year. The only other thing you have to know is Marco Killingsworth, who just transfered in from Auburn and is playing in his final year of elligibility, is freakin good. Fyall suggested he looks like a bigger Melo (who he played against in the NCAA tournament). Remember my number one rule: you don't win championships with your frontcourt. Plus, they're other stud forwrd, DJ White, might be out for the year. You know what? I just talked myself out of them. This is a solid sweet sixteen team, but not much more. Until I'm impressed by their guards, Indiana stays off the list.
UNC (10-4): Tyler Hansbrough. Nice looking Freshman. Wait...wait...he's white. Considering he scores 5 points per game more than anyone else, can we agree he's the best player on UNC? OK. Now when was the last time a team who's best player was white won the National Championship? Unless I'm mistaken (and feel free to correct me), it was Eric Montross of the Tar Heels back in 93, who followed another white best player in Christian Laettner. Montross might have been the top pick the draft that year, but he came back for his senior season, played himself down to the 9th pick, and was never quite the same. So let's call this the Montross Curse: you can't win the championship if your best player is white.
So that also eliminates Duke, Gonzaga, SU, West Virginia...
Wait a second... scratch all that! The very fact that some guy named Tyler Hansbrough is UNC's best player eliminates them from the start!
Louisville (13-4): You absolutely must prove yourself with quality wins. From here on out, they play five teams that are currently ranked, and the only one they get at home is UConn. Word on the street is Louisville just ain't that good. Drop them off the list.
Ohio St (13-2): Do you realize that their only losses have been at Indiana by 3 and vs. Michigan St by 2? Do you realize they still haven't received confirmation that the NCAA is going to let them play in the Tourney? Do you realize Ohio State has the first or second best recruiting class next year, and yet they're battling for a Big Ten title this year? Do you realize Thad Matta and Roy Wiliams were the only coaches to beat Illinois last year? And Thad Matta and Eddie Sutton were the only coaches to beat St. Joe's the year before that? That's why he get's his own tier, from now until he retires.
Cream
UConn
Duke
Top Two Tiers
Gonzaga
Michigan St
Villanova
Memphis
Illinois
Washington
Florida
------
Maryland
West Virginia
Pitt
Wake
The SU Tier
SU
The Thad Matta Tier
Ohio State
Down to 15. I'd like to point out that I had Pitt on my board before they were ranked. Now look at em. We'll see how long I can stick with Wake.
Next time on NCAA survivor... SU's adds quality road win(s) to resume!
I've just got to lead off this column with a shout-out to Louie McCroskey, who Monday night against UConn executed the best non-Hak dunk I've ever witnessed in person. Here's four reasons why it blew me away:
1. It came out of nowhere in the course of the game. SU was getting buried. And if you didn't watch the game, let me just inform you that we were dominated from start to finish. But Louie's dunk was the first burst of attitude from the Orange, and I think set a "we're probably not gonna win, but we're not gonna give up either" tone for the rest of the game.
2. It came out of nowhere in the course of Louie's career. Here's a guy who has been the most athletic player on the court for the orange for the three year's he's been here. I'm talking in terms of the complete package: speed, agility, and strength. We knew he could jump because of his uncanny rebounding skills for a 6'5" guard. But for some reason, we never pieced that all together and realized he could dunk. He'd never shown us. Until Monday.
3. It was right in the face of Hilton Armstrong, a guy who's got half a foot on Louie, and who averages 3.2 blocks per game. A guy who was red hot coming into the contest, but was really the only Huskie to have a disappointing game, probably because of that embarassment. Louie had a teammate running the floor with him and we all expected him to pass it off rather than take on Hilton.
4. I've never seen anyone dunk with the obvious intention of groining another man in the face. I've seen people do that when they come down, but never on the way up.
Louie McCroskey can henceforth do no wrong.
SU (15-3): The orange, on the other hand... Here's the thing; Calhoun owns Gerry McNamara, and thus, the Orange. The year we won the title, we went 0-3 against the Huskies. Gerry has averaged 11 points against UConn in his career. So Monday night, from my seat up in 302, I only learned one thing: the Huskies are awesome. Better than Duke. Yup. I said it. And I've seen them both play live. As for the Orange, I'm not taking them off this list yet. And as long as they win one of their next two (@ Nova, @ Pitt), I'll still probably leave them on.
Here is the list, by the way:
Cream
Duke
UConn
Top Two Tiers
Gonzaga
Michigan St
Villanova
Louisville
Memphis
Illinois
Washington
Florida
------
Maryland
West Virginia
UNC (in some sort of odd metamorphosis of the Ewing Theory)
Pitt
Wake
The SU Tier
SU
The Thad Matta Tier
Ohio State
Indiana (11-3): Besides residing in a suddenly powerful Big 10 conference, Indiana plays UConn on Feb 4 and already played (and lost to) Duke this year. By the way, the Final Four is in Indy this year. The only other thing you have to know is Marco Killingsworth, who just transfered in from Auburn and is playing in his final year of elligibility, is freakin good. Fyall suggested he looks like a bigger Melo (who he played against in the NCAA tournament). Remember my number one rule: you don't win championships with your frontcourt. Plus, they're other stud forwrd, DJ White, might be out for the year. You know what? I just talked myself out of them. This is a solid sweet sixteen team, but not much more. Until I'm impressed by their guards, Indiana stays off the list.
UNC (10-4): Tyler Hansbrough. Nice looking Freshman. Wait...wait...he's white. Considering he scores 5 points per game more than anyone else, can we agree he's the best player on UNC? OK. Now when was the last time a team who's best player was white won the National Championship? Unless I'm mistaken (and feel free to correct me), it was Eric Montross of the Tar Heels back in 93, who followed another white best player in Christian Laettner. Montross might have been the top pick the draft that year, but he came back for his senior season, played himself down to the 9th pick, and was never quite the same. So let's call this the Montross Curse: you can't win the championship if your best player is white.
So that also eliminates Duke, Gonzaga, SU, West Virginia...
Wait a second... scratch all that! The very fact that some guy named Tyler Hansbrough is UNC's best player eliminates them from the start!
Louisville (13-4): You absolutely must prove yourself with quality wins. From here on out, they play five teams that are currently ranked, and the only one they get at home is UConn. Word on the street is Louisville just ain't that good. Drop them off the list.
Ohio St (13-2): Do you realize that their only losses have been at Indiana by 3 and vs. Michigan St by 2? Do you realize they still haven't received confirmation that the NCAA is going to let them play in the Tourney? Do you realize Ohio State has the first or second best recruiting class next year, and yet they're battling for a Big Ten title this year? Do you realize Thad Matta and Roy Wiliams were the only coaches to beat Illinois last year? And Thad Matta and Eddie Sutton were the only coaches to beat St. Joe's the year before that? That's why he get's his own tier, from now until he retires.
Cream
UConn
Duke
Top Two Tiers
Gonzaga
Michigan St
Villanova
Memphis
Illinois
Washington
Florida
------
Maryland
West Virginia
Pitt
Wake
The SU Tier
SU
The Thad Matta Tier
Ohio State
Down to 15. I'd like to point out that I had Pitt on my board before they were ranked. Now look at em. We'll see how long I can stick with Wake.
Next time on NCAA survivor... SU's adds quality road win(s) to resume!
posted by Prof. A at 2:30 a.m.
2 Comments:
wow.
the only person who has less of a grasp on the english language than gunther is whoever entered those lyrics. i'm actually impressed.
and gunther levi??? what???! i think it's been established that his full name is pleasureman gunther.
www.gunthernet.com
prepare to never be the same.
davs
Davs is absolutely right. I think this might be the best link we've had on Random Thoughts on the basis of the "Video" section alone. Let's all take 30 minutes and watch all four of the movies. Here's my ranking, in order:
Tutti Frutti Sumerlove: The gentleman with the guitar... Jimi Hendrix's second coming? Unseen trampoline + bare chested swedish men + melons + bananas = entertainment.
The Christmas Song: The appearance of the elves really sends this one spiralling into another dimension.
Ding Dong Song: Unneccessary!!
Touch Me: Isn't it possible that Samantha Fox and Gunther were never even in the same country at one point during either the audio recording or creation of the video? Yes. Yes it is.
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