You have to love Big East hoops. The games are always exciting,
new teams have made it the most competitive league and the officials
let the teams play . . . sometimes a little too much. Look at the
Pitt and WVU game. Officials often called the 2nd or 3rd foul
which usually wasn't the worst. J.D. Collins blatantly grabbed
Carl Krauser holding him away from a loose ball, but Aaron Gray pushed
him even worse when he had a free layup with about a minute left.
That missed call cost WVU 2 points and killed some building momentum
and I'm a Pitt fan. I feel like I'm watching some of the high
schoolers who referee in the rec league I coach and hope it doesn't
take a brawl for Big East refs to take back control.
I have to give some props to Gerry McNamara. He hit two big shots
to win games his team wasn't supposed to, but really won the games with
the 22 assists he had between them.
If you want guys who aren't afraid to take the big shot, look no
further than McNamara and Carl Krauser. I just wish Krauser would
look to set up his teammates a little more. In his defense, he
has been better the last couple games. Pitt needs to him to
continue improving. They tend to miss too many open men and hold
the ball too long against pressure defenses.
In another direction, I'm waiting for ESPN.com to stop playing the
stupid videos when I go there. I don't want the video and I
certainly don't want to be bothered by the first half of the commercial
the video starts with.