Your obligatory heartwarming sports story.
Like most of the country, I had no idea what was going on in the Men’s Division II Tournament, but my mom mentioned tonight that Barton (from Wilson, NC) won, and that the ending was kind of incredible. I pretty much had no idea what she was talking about (because, you know, I don’t have ESPN), but then I found the clip online, and . . . she was right. (Here is a slightly shorter and therefore slightly less impressive clip if you are pressed for time. But you get the replay afterwards, so there is that.) (Have I mentioned today that YouTube is the greatest invention of our generation?) Be sure and watch the part where they all run around chasing the guy who made the game-winning shot behind the basket and they can’t catch him. That’s my mom’s favorite part. (Hi, mom!)
You guys, that is awesome. They had one player who scored 10 points in 45 seconds. Now people are cheering them in airports and they got to be on ESPN. Their on-campus celebration was attended by 5000 people. Their coach hopes this will help them get donations for a gym renovation. This isn’t on the grand scale that Division I is, but . . . it’s pretty exciting for them just the same.
March 28th, 2007 at
Adriene has a cousin who graduated from Barton. We watched it live on TV just by pure luck while flipping channels. The ending was incredible! One of the most amazing finishes to a basketball game that I have ever seen before.
March 28th, 2007 at
If it happened in Division I, it would be counted as one of the greatest championship games of all time. And I wouldn’t have known anything about it if my mom hadn’t mentioned it.
March 29th, 2007 at
See, really awesome things do happen in D-II, America. [Yes, my alma mater is D-II and won two national titles at that level in hockey ... why do you ask?]
That’s a tour de force, man. HE JUST REFUSED TO LOSE.
March 30th, 2007 at
I just caught up on Bill Simmons’ basketball blog, and . . . a reader basically said the same thing I did in that previous comment (it would go down as one of the greatest championship games of all time if it had been Division I). So much for original thought. hehe.