Great drinking games can be played this time of year. For example this week while watching Butler highlights drink everytime sportscaster says, "
The Butler did It!" You would have been in a drunken coma by now. God enough already I get it! Also, how many more freakin' "Hoosiers" references do we need to be subjected to with the Butler Bulldogs? A great, but dangerous Final 4 drinking game for Saturday night is to drink every time the game announcers mention Hinkle Fieldhouse was the gym in "Hoosiers". Hell just drink when you hear the word Hoosiers. You will be plastered before halftime of game one. Also, drink everytime
CBS gets in a
Masters Promo (and notice how Jim Nantz's voice changes to a whisper) the entire country will be hung over Easter Sunday.
Ok enough of me reliving my College Days at ODU. Let me instead be the guy who craps on everyone else's fun...because dammit that's what I do best.
FACT: Preseason AP College Basketball Polls had Michigan State #2, Duke #8, West Virginia #9, and Butler
#11. Hardly off the radar, not even close to George Mason (plus I understand kids at Butler actually live on campus), who was an 11 seed in their region when they crashed the party in 2006. Much like GMU the guys from
Butler did it (drink) by knocking off some heavy weights. They took out No. 1 seed Syracuse and No. 2 Kansas State on the way back home.
This is not a Duke draw by any means. That's right I went there. There is no coincidence that the Blue Devils are the lone #1 standing. They had by far the easiest draw of all number 1's and not to mention playing 8 on 5 is a huge advantage! (
I put that in there for the Terps and Tar Heels fans) Get over it Duke is back and no they are not one of those great Duke teams of the past. However, they are capable of beating anyone in this watered down year of College Hoops. They play hard every game and YES are as well coached as anyone still playing.
Since we are talking Duke, that reminds me another great drinking game... slam one everytime the announcers say, "This might be Coach K's finest coaching job yet!" or for you Michigan State Fans, "Tom Izzo is great friends with Steve Marrucci", when are those two going to come out of the closet? WE all can see what is really going on there! For West Virginia fans ...well shit never mind you are West Virginia Fans you will already be sloppy anyway. Enjoy burning the furniture.
Back to Butler/Hickory high comparisons, yes they are just down the road from Indianapolis, yes they are a small school in a smaller conference, yes they play in the Gym that was in "Hoosiers", yes they have lots and lots of white kids on the team, but no they are not a real life version of the movie or a even a Cinderella team (another "overused" cliche this time of year). They are a program that has been knocking on the door for several seasons a midwest version of Gonzaga except with a Final 4 appearance on the resume now. Ok, if we must have a Hollywood type reference to Butler, how about this one there coach Brad Stevens has won has won more games (89) than any major college coach at his age, which I think is 17. He is the real life Doogie Howser of the College Coaching ranks.
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