Cuse-Conn Follow Up

I’m sitting here and there’s about an hour to tipoff in the Big East Championship which I likely won’t get to see because I don’t have cable and espn360.com doesn’t agree with my ISP – cork soakers. I wanted to get this posted before Syracuse lost and I’m happy they beat the Sisterfuckers, I mean Mountaineers last night in the Semis. I have to acknowledge the game that Boeheim’s boys played two nights ago against Calhoun’s Cunts.
I didn’t get to see any of regulation play because I was busy with work. But I did see the miracle shot that wasn’t. Devendorf’s three at the buzzer was thisclose to counting. I was hoping it was, for as you can tell I have an acute aversion to UConn basketball. (Except for Sue Bird – I love her and I sat next to her at a camp hosted by Swin Cash one day. Not even talking to her in any way shape or form is my biggest regret. I could stomach the WNBA for a shot to skeet on her shovelface. God I love her…I digress.)
The way that the Cuse fought back in each of the first couple OT’s was magnificent. As the announcers pointed out, the Orange didn’t have a post-regulation lead until that last frame. The Huskies would come out hot, then taper off and the Cuse would capitalize. They’d weather the Connecticut storm, then make a run of their own.
Fouls certainly played a huge role in the extra sessions. Devendorf going out led to a seldom used walk-on getting minutes. Kris Joseph was the only fresh set of legs on the court. Much as he helped, Joseph wasn’t the story of the night. Johnny Flynn was THE MAN. Kid was gettin it in from all over the court, logging 67 (SIXTY FUCKING SEVEN) minutes. Total court general, quite impressive for a sophomore. As awesome as he was, Paul Harris was on the other end of the spectrum. He was seemingly the only one who could get to the front of the rim, which was guarded for 53 minutes by the agonizingly overrated Hasheem Thabeet. When Thabeet went out, I remember thinking to myself that was the key to Cuse winning.
I was speechless when the Orange finally broke through to start the 6th OT. An 8-0 run. Thing was, Connecticut had opportunities, open looks, offensive boards. It took them 3 minutes to hit a shot. They looked like they had no fight left. Cuse was fighting for their Dancin’ Livelyhood, UConn – like Pitt before them and NC, MSU, UCLA since – was already into the tourney and pretty much set in stone. I don’t mean to slight the effort that UConn put forth, but the boys from Upstate NY just ‘wanted it more’ as the cliché goes. Again I’m rooting for the Orange tonight, mainly because I LOATHE the Louisville Cardinals and their douche bag filled fan base.