My Terrapins lost to the hated Dukies yesterday, 96-88. I’d be more down, but they actually played pretty well– they just aren’t that good a team this year, and Duke is better than they are. They gave a great effort, though, and might’ve had a chance if they’d had more than half of the right… Continue reading Half a Good Plan (Duke-UMD)
Category: Basketball
Bring Back Amateur Night
I’m a bad basketball fan. Duke played North Carolina last night, and I didn’t watch. The Blue Devils are the #2 ranked team in the nation, the Tar Heels are the defending national champions, it was a back-and-forth game that went down to the wire, and I didn’t watch any of it, other than a… Continue reading Bring Back Amateur Night
A Simple Game
Possibly the hardest thing to understand about the game of basketball is that it’s really a very simple game. You pass the ball, you catch the ball, you shoot the ball, you rebound, you play defense. If you watch too much of the NBA, or sloppy college teams, or “Street Ball” on ESPN2 in the… Continue reading A Simple Game