Time for some Madness!
So it’s March Madness – Billy’s favorite time of the year. Christmas is alright, my birthday just makes me feel older, but March Madness makes me care about the little things in life again; 
like Siena and Cleveland State. But lets face it, this year sucks. Only one seed higher than a 5 made it to the Sweet Sixteen, and that was a 12-seeded Arizona Wildcats team that had a less-than spectacular Pac-10 season, but is still a powerhouse to be dealt with. Plus I’m a sensitive guy who puts way to many low-seeded teams into the Sweet Sixteen so my bracket is already, well, in the trash. So let’s talk about what really matters: The National Invitational Tournament or NIT.
The big man gets the best of Nebraska once again
The shortest team in Division I (334 teams) is the Nebraska Cornhuskers. That’s a major conference team that who’s tallest starting player is Chris Balham who stands at 6-8 with shoes on. And he only plays 10-minutes per came because of knee injuries. So most of the times 6-4 Ryan Anderson gets stuck with guarding the tallest player from the opposing team.
While the team doubles down a lot, it is still quite the inconvenience and their first round opponent the New Mexico Lobos new that. 
They used 6-9 Daniel Faris and used him well. He took advantage of Nebraska’s shortness and dominated the paint with 28-points and 13-rebounds. Nebraska picked a bad time to have their worst defensive night of the year (83 points) and their leader Ade Dagundoro was held to 8 points on 2-13 shooting.
New Mexico lost next round to a tough Notre Dame team who was able to match their size with All-American Luke Harangody. Harangody had 26-points, 11-rebounds and 2-blocks in the Irish’s 70-68 victory.
Wildcats split the difference
Kentucky Wildcats…Davidson Wildcats. Both played Monday night. One lost, one won. They didn’t play each other.
Jodie Meeks couldn’t get open all night for the Kentucky Wildcats. He averages 15.9 field-goal-attempts per-game, but put up just 9 against a tough Creighton Bluejay’s defense. But it was his last one that counted the most. That 9th field-goal-attempt was a 3-point play in which he drove to the lane and made a tough one-handed lay-up while Creighton was trying to draw a charge, instead they got called for blocking, Meeks made the free-throw, Meeks was the hero, and Kentucky won 65-63 in a game in which Creighton played better. Tough loss Creighton. Go talk to Wichita State and see how they feel. Check the March 6 play-by-play if you forgot.
One Wildcat is up, that means the other is down. The match-up was set. Davidson vs. St. Mary’s. Patty Mills vs. Stephen Curry. While Stephen had 26-points and 9-rebounds, his job with constant double and triple teams is to dish the ball and rack up those assists. He knows this. That’s why a just-injured Patty Mills was able to combine 23-points and 10-assists and win not only the box score, but the game as well. Final score: St. Mary’s 80, Davison 68.
Check this guy’s highlight tapes to learn a little court vision Curry.
