Luster Gone

Rocky Mount Gryphons at Nash Central Bulldogs rained out tonight and has been rescheduled for Wednesday night 7pm. All four Triangle schools are home now having given it their best shot and all have been eliminated from the NCAA Tournament. This is the first time since 1979 that a North Carolina school is not in the Sweet 16.  That goes all the way back to before the 64 team format.  I think any Big Four fan would remember the Black Sunday when Duke and North Carolina lost back to back in Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh.  It was a day that all of North Carolina people were clued  to the tv as eight inches of snow had fallen and even if you didn't  like basketball  there was no place to go but watch both teams lose to St Johns and Penn.

Virginia is the standard bearer for the ACC as they are the only school left standing.  The ACC has had a team in the Sweet 16 ever since that double header loss in 79.  Most of those years that ACC team in the sweet 16 or better came from the Triangle. Not this year and with the lack of a North Carolina school left standing the interest in how it goes from here on out is meaning less to me.

The only interest left for me is the two brackets I am in and in one I still have all four of my final four picks still alive.  The other one I still have three.  That shows you right there how much confidence I had in our North Carolina teams.

We will now begin the process of who is going pro and who is going to be the the number one pick in the draft.  I think Jabari Parker needs another year.  Just don 't see where he is a difference maker for an NBA team. All of the national Dick Vitale can't miss NBA players one and done I don't see any can't miss pros yet. Every one needs to improve. I just do not see why pay inexperienced guys big time money to score 13 points a game in the NBA next year.If you are a high draft pick first or fifth you need to be the best player on your team. I just don't see any of these super frosh being those guys yet.  If Parker was to come back next year and improve the way TJ Warren did this year he just might be a number one pick next year.  Anybody that will pay any of this years freshmen have more money  than they know what to do with.

Big East baseball begins Tuesday maybe.  Pends on how severe the weather is and some forecast say Tuesday afternoon will be scattered so whether games are play or not is up in the air at best.