Basketball Season Is Over.

If you follow the ACC your season is over no need to even watch next Saturday or the following Monday night's National Championship game.

Carolina ran into a team that could stop John Henson and with it slowed Carolina down enough that they could never get the lead late in the game. Kentucky and John Calipari head to the final four. I wonder what skeleton will be found in Calapari's closet this time to have his team stripped from the record book. This is the third team that he has taken to the Final Four but the other two were stripped of ever being mentioned as going because of violations.

This has been the most exciting tournament ever. If there is one area that I wish the NCAA would improve is the three point shot. The line is so close that twice Friday night teams called time out with about 25 seconds to go one was down by two and and the other was tied. When they came out of the time out neither tried to go inside the three point line at all and ran the clock down to try a wild three point shot.

N C State has said nothing about any possible candidates for their coaching job which Debbie Yow has said would happen until she was ready to make an announcement. Shaka Smart at VCU has to be the leading candidate the way VCU has played. He's off limits for another week now that VCU is in the Final Four. I can see the same type players as N C State has written all over the VCU Rams. The biggest difference is VCU has discipline where State these past five years have had none of that.

I have filled out brackets way back in 1971 when working at the Radio station in Ahoskie. The Associated Press would send out the tournament when they only had 22 teams in the field. Since 1979 when it went to 64 teams this is the first time I don't have at least one team in Final Four. I will not win any brackets this year. I just looked at one in which there is nearly 70 people in and there is not one person on the list that can get the championship game right.

Cousin Lauren shot 75 today and finished 65th. Believe it or not she moved up today as she was tied for 74th going into today's final round of the Futures Tour event in Florida.

I hope you had a chance to watch the Stretchlon Sport Show tonight. Kenny Dickerson the head of SEAM spoke about the sport missions that he leads. They have a fund raiser at the Pizza Inn Monday Night from 5-8. Hope you can make it.

Gryphons Beat Rain-Wildcats

Rocky Mount spotted the Bunn Wildcat three runs in the top of the first inning but win in five innings 16-3. Afraid of the incoming rain the game started at 12.30 and being a five inning affair other than a cloudy cool day every thing was good for the Gryphons.

Spenser Ramsey got the start and pitched the first two innings. He gave up four hits and three runs but his pitching was not that bad. He got what should have been the second out of the inning on a strikeout in the dirt but the runner on second took off for third and Collin Watson threw to third where the runner was safe and the strike out victim was on first. One ground ball made it to the outfield otherwise Ramsey kept the ball in the infield despite giving up three runs.

Andy Morris Came in to pitch the top of the third and got the first eight batters he faced out and the Gryphons only error of the game prevented him from being perfect with five strike outs. Morris gets the win pitching the final three innings even though the Gryphons were ahead 14-3 when he took the hill.

Jeremy Johnson collect three hits, along with the Berry Twins Matt and Thomas getting two hits each and so did Andy Morris. Spenser Ramsey,Taylor Clontz and Collin Watson each got a hit.

The rbi parade was led by Matt Berry with four , three each for Spenser Ramsey and Andy Morris. Thomas Berry collect two and Jeremy Johnson one.

The Gryphons start conference play Tuesday night hosting Nash Central. They will head in with a six game winning streak and a 8-3 record.

My Cousin Lauren Doughtie has started her second full season on the Futures Golf Tour this week. Their first event is in Winter Haven Florida. Friday's opening round she shot a 74 while today she managed an even par 72. 146 is right on the cut line so she gets to play Sunday and cash a check. Last year she had more missed cuts than checks so this gives her a better start than last. I would really like to see her shoot 70 or better tomorrow and move up to something like top twenty. Last year when in the same position she would shoot 76 and get a check of $258. That will not even pay her gas bill theses days.