Pirate Nation Celebrates

The Pirates of ECU took major steps in it's basketball program this season as they bring home the CIT Championship trophy from Ogden Utah after beating Weber State on the Wildcats home court with a buzzer beater shot.  I was not aware until I heard coach Jeff Lebo on the David Glenn Show Wednesday that ECU had never won a post season game ever until this year.  It was only their fifth post season that they have ever been in.  Celebrate all you want Pirates you are the only team from North Carolina that won any thing in post season this year.

Now the Pirate nation will have to do everything they can to hold on to Jeff Lebo.  I doubt if any bushes will be shaking this year since it is kind of late in any movement of coaches.  If Lebo can win 20 again next year in Greenville look out Pirate fans it will be hang on time.

Isaiah Hicks has been named Wednesday as the Associated Press North Carolina basketball player of the year to go along with the player of the year honors he won Tuesday  from the NCBCA.  If there is any consolation in not winning this year Rocky Mount can at least say we lost to the best player and state champs.  It is always some comfort to be able to say it took the state champs to beat us.  Rocky Mount's Donte Battle made third team AP just like he did Tuesday in the NCBCA.

J'Kyra Brown has made the All State first team as voted on by the AP.  J'Kyra keeps on pulling in all of the rewards from a great career at Rocky Mount.

Under the heading of grabbing at straws:  Don't you think that Southern Cal naming Andy Enfield as their new basketball coach is a little bit from left field.  Do you even know who Andy Enfield is?  Two weeks ago today I know you didn't know who he was.  Andy Enfield use to be the basketball coach at Florida Gulf Coast and after winning two NCAA games Southern Cal thinks he is good enough be their basketball coach.

This year FGCU was 26-11.  Last season they were 15-17.  Most of the players on this years team were recruited by somebody else since they are mostly senior laden.  Enfield two year record was  41-28.  Has college basketball got to the point where coaches have such high buyouts that a school like Southern Cal can't find a proven winner?  Enfield might be the next Dean Smith but nothing he has done at FGCU warrants getting a job on the level of Southern Cal.