Good Morning Heartache

Until you've loved a love you had to lose:
You don't know what love is.

Until you've flipped your heart and you have lost:
You don't know what love is."

Ahh the Good Morning Heartache that comes the day after a tough loss, many players and coaches are feeling that pain as they deal with the "March Madness". For us the fans we love to watch the drama and agony it's what keeps us watching even if it is till 2am when we have to be up for work at 6am. I hope you have been lucky enough to be spared from the pain of March Madness so far, but don't worry your time will soon come as not everyone gets to end their season with a win. Here are my best heartaches from the past week:



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Don't Be A Hot Dog

Thank you LeBron James for reminding young players about the importance of taking the game seriously. Jason Richardson decided to be a show-off and LeBron made him pay for it. The best player in the league hustling back on defense. Oh, and by the way he also had a triple-double that night. Who said they don't play defense in the NBA? 

MIN FGM-A 3PM-A FTM-A OREB DREB REB AST STL BLK TO PF +/- PTS

LeBron James, SF 43 10-24 3-8 11-13 6 4 10 13 3 3 3 0 +7 34



2 Minute Drill

It's not Ben Rothelisberger in the Super Bowl...it's you and your training partner. 9 Spots on the floor 4 inside the 3 point line, and 5 spots outside the 3 point line. You get 2 minutes of continuous shooting per spot with the same sequence of shots; jumper, shot fake 1 dribble pull up, and lastly shot fake one dribble lay-up. Repeat the sequence for 2 minutes. Go game speed and try to have one passer and one rebounder to keep the drill moving. When you have completed a spot record your score, 3 for three's , 2 for jumpers and 1 point for lay-ups. Here are today's results see if you can do better:
1-4 are inside the 3

5-9 are outside the 3

1. 40
2. 38
3. 34
4. 28
5. 43
6. 35
7. 39
8. 32
9. 38

My NCAA Picks

Everybody is asking so here goes, I'm rooting for a lot of teams and a bunch of players for sentimental reasons. Let's go down the list:

Louisville: Go Earl Clark, Edgar Sosa and Samardo Samuels

West Virginia: Darryl"Truck" Bryant, Devin Ebanks, Desean Butler, Wellington Smith

Kansas: Quintrell Thomas, Tyshawn Taylor

Michigan State: The Whole Team and Coaching Staff

Robert Morris: Coaching Staff

Connecticut: Coaching Staff

Memphis: Coach Cal Coach Antigua

Pittsburgh: Gilbert Brown, Ashton Gibbs

Villanova: Corey Fisher, Corey Stokes, Coach Wright, Coach Donnelly, Coach Chambers

Duke: Gerald Henderson, Lance Thomas

UNC: Coach Willams, Coach Robinson, Wayne Ellington, Danny Green, Dexter Strickland

Syracuse: Mookie Jones

Siena: Coach Frances

No bandwagon, just giving support!!