Retirement has it perks. Yesterday I enjoyed the second round of games
in the ACC Tournament. I slopped up on
the couch and watched the afternoon matches between Clemson and Florida State
followed by North Carolina and Boston College.
I jumped in the shower after the
Tarheels shellacked the Eagles, fed my little furkid and headed out to my
favorite watering hole to join friends to enjoy the contest between North
Carolina State and the Pitt Panthers. I
stayed through the first half of the Canes/Hokies game and then headed back to
Casa de Curmudgeon and turned in for the night.
The game plan today is to watch the
first two quarterfinal games and then join my posse at the same watering hole
to root for my beloved Duke Blue Devils.
I’m hoping for a victory so they can advance to the semi-finals and then
on to the championship game on Saturday.
ESPN will carry the 12:00 PM tipoff
featuring the Virginia Cavaliers and the Florida State Seminoles. The Cavs have one the best defensives in the
country so I think FSU is going to lose this game.
At 2:30 PM Louisville is set to play the
North Carolina Tarheels. This is their
first ACC Tournament since joining the conference. I’m not sure how they’re going to react to
the venue of the Greensboro Coliseum which will be filled to the rafters with
fans rooting for their “home” teams. The
two teams split their regular season meetings, but I’m predicting a victory for
the Heels.
My evening will be spent with friends watching
the two remaining games of the quarterfinals that pit my beloved Duke Blue
Devils against the Wolfpack of North Carolina State. The Pack had a really strong game against the
Pitt Panthers and they knocked the Blue Devils from the ranks of the unbeaten
back in January, but Duke drew a double-bye for the tourney so they are
well-rested. This game is going to be
brutal, but I think Duke is hungry to win.
The final game of the quarterfinals will
see the Irish of Notre Dame go up against the Miami Hurricanes. I can’t stand either team and could care less
who wins. Wait. No, that’s not true. I’m going to root for the Canes in this one. I don’t think they can pull off the win, but
that doesn’t mean I can’t root for them.
GO DUKE
And because no basketball post would be complete without
some pom-poms, check out the gals of the ACC.
UPDATE 2:15 PM: Poor FSU. They never had a chance against the Cavs. They threw clunker after clunker and were slow running down court to defend and wound up losing 58-44.
UPDATE 4:42 PM: For a team that can't decide which league they want to play in, they may want to consider yet another after losing pitifully to Carolina 70-60. 'Ol googly-eyed Rick Pitino told his players not to foul with 21 seconds left in the game. Now the Tarheels face Virginia tomorrow in the semi-finals.
FINAL UPDATE: I couldn't contain my joy watching the Blue Devils manhandle the Wolfpack. The final score was 77-53. NC State fell behind by double digits early in the first half and never had a chance at recovering. Notre Dame barely escaped against the Canes. They ran hot and cold but managed to win 70-63.
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