My Blog Experience

My blog experience was a fun one. It was interesting to write about a topic that I really enjoyed and I didn't have to adhere to many guidelines. Most of the time in journalism you have to stay within strict perimeters. Here I could use my opinions and thoughts as much as I used my facts. I could sway an article the way I wanted to and wouldn't have to think about the repercussions because, well there really isn't any. I would have liked to have some more readers and maybe some that would argue with me because I think that would have been fun. The only thing people really argue about in journalism class are things going on in the news, and personally I find the news very boring. I would have liked to argue with someone about sports for the sake of journalism for once. Blogging is fun to do because it is so current and as soon as something happens you can write about it. It was nice to experience blogging first hand and it was nice to deal with this new form of journalism. Go Georgetown.

Who's Staying and Who's Going

The question that is asked after every college season concludes is who will stay and who will go pro. Well this year the draft is going to see plenty of talent. A kid from Texas who stole the spotlight early will be the unanimous number one in April. His name is Kevin Durant. Teams would be stupid to pass him up. His size, work ethic and basketball knowledge just doesn't come around all that often. Greg Oden of The Ohio State University is still deciding whether to take Rock and Roll History 2 or get paid big bucks to eat Boston Beans and Chowdah. The Florida 04's have all declared and will all be first rounders. Horford, Brewer, Noah and Green will all make an immediate impact on whatever team they are on and one may have a shot at a title if he slips down far enough. The Big Easy's Glen "Big Baby" Davis is ditching his final year at LSU in hope to make an impact as big as Shaq's. Hibbert and Green of Georgetown probably have the toughest decision to make. If they stay they will be on a team that will run with UNC all year long to the Final Four. If they go they are both top 10 picks, meaning top 10 money. The draft will be interesting, a lack of foreign talent and no more high schoolers will make teams bid for a dominate big man with somewhat of a college education. Only time will tell.

What a season

This year was one of the most exciting season's in college basketball history. Florida, Ohio State, UCLA, UNC, Kansas and Wisconsin all were called number one at some point during the season. A revamped Buckeye, Georgetown and Kansas led to one of the most exciting finishes in years, a repeat National Champion. Duke for the first time in years was viewed as an underdog in many of it's games because they just couldn't cope for the loss of J.J. Reddick and Sheldon Williams. We saw school spirit at it's finest when Bruce Pearl, the men's coach at Tennessee painted his torso orange to support the Lady Vols in their pursuit of yet another Title. Pat Summitt returned the favor when the men took on the Gators and won, as she dressed as a cheerleader and sung "Rocky Mountain Top" which could have helped the Vols to victory. We say another freshman, no not Oden rise to the challenge. Kevin Durant of the Texas Longhorns averaged a double-double each game and made himself apart of history as all freshmen will now be compared to this young superstar. Acie Law IV took a struggling Texas A&M team to the tourney a became one of the most clutch players in years, nailing every key three whenever his team needed him too. Three revamped teams, two dominate freshmen, a repeat national champion made for one heck of a great year. And next year O.J. Mayo comes to Southern Cal, it's going to be fun.

For All the Marbles

Florida becomes the first team in 15 years to repeat as National Champions as they cruise past the Buckeyes 84-75. The Florida Gators simply wanted to be included in the conversation of the best of all time. Now the 04's have yet another decision to make, do they come back for one more. They most likely won't unless Coach Billy Donovan stays and their bench drastically improves. They will be graduating three of their best role players and Donovan could be jumping ship to Kentucky for the big bucks. Al Horford was the most dominate player on the Gator side with 18 points and 12 rebounds. But the Tournaments Most Outstanding Player Corey Brewer hit a lucky thirteen and added two key steals to seal the repeat. Greg Oden may not be walking away with a championship but he can hold his head high, he dominated this Gator team, but he didn't get any help. He had 25 points and 12 boards and stayed out of foul trouble, something that plagued him last game and got Noah this one. For the second time in a row, a national championship pitted the Florida Gators against The Ohio State University, and for the second straight time, the Gators took a bite out of the Hoyas.

Rematch/Revenge

The UCLA Bruins have had to watch all the coverage of the repeating National Champions. They have had to watch the '04s relish in the spotlight and get asked all the questions like, "are you coming back or going pro?" and "what's it like to try and repeat?" Many people forget that the Bruins were in the championship game too, and for a long while they were number one in the country when the Gators struggled. Did they get the attention? No. Did they get the respect? No. Well on March 31, 2007 they had a chance to gain it all back. But they failed. The 04's dominated once again and Lee Humphfrey added 14 as the Gator's cut down yet another set of nets. It was only a 10 point difference in the end but the Bruins were playing catchup the entire game. Corey Brewer who flew under the radar in some of Florida's latest victories nailed 19 to lead the Gators back the the promised land. The win sets up a repeat of the BCS National Championship game where the Gators crushed the Buckeyes.

Big Man against Big Man

Hoyas/Buckeyes. One of the most anticipating match ups of the year will be seen as the Roy Hibbert and Greg Oden will tangle in the National spotlight to try and settle who is the biggest of them all.The Hoyas big man will meet the "other freshman" Greg Oden in a battle of the two brightest stars in the College Basketball sky. Oden got in trouble early, looking like a kid sent to the principals office, the Buckeyes center was forced to sit just three minutes in for the entire first half because of two quick fouls. But just a few minutes later Hibbert joined Oden on his bench because he too was in foul trouble. Enter Mike Conely Jr. The Buckeyes hottest shooter rose to the challenge once again and dominated. Nailing down 15 points and added six assists to give the Buckeyes their first title appearance since 1962. Hibbert scored 19 to win the big man battle and Jeff Green added 12 rebounds to go along with his 9 points in the Hoyas loss. Oden still pulled down 9 boards in one of his most disappointing games of the years.

Elite Eight

Well we are down to eight. The Florida Gators and the Oregon Ducks, the Georgetown Hoyas and the North Carolina Tar Heels, The Ohio State University and Memphis Tigers, and the Kansas Jayhawks and the UCLA Bruins. The Gators handled the best three point shooting team in the tournament with a long range sniper of their own, named Lee Humphfrey. Ohio State beat up on Memphis to send them to their first Final Four since 2001. UCLA proved that experience is the difference maker as they beat the Jayhawks by 12 and held them to one of their lowest scoring performances of the season with only 55 points. But the game of weekend was between the Hoyas and Heels. It went to Overtime where North Carolina couldn't even hit a shot. The Hoyas were led by Jeff Green who scored 22 and got 11 rebounds from Roy Hibbert. Tyler Hansbourough also got 11 boards to add to his 26 points. The Hoyas are in their first Final Four in 15 years and the most enticing match up of the year will be seen as Greg Oden will tangle with Roy Hibbert.