Thinking Out Loud

Steve Kerr WTBS Color Analyst commenting while Carolina was in the timeout before the last shot of the game at the end of regulation.  Maybe they should let Harrison Barnes  who has played better the last few minutes be involved.  After Barnes missed shot to tie, I can't believe Carolina ran an isolation for Barnes after the way he has shot this game.  Don't you just hate a person who get paid a nice sum of money   but can't remember what he just said 30 seconds ago.

Tyler Zeller's 20/20 is the only fourth time since NCAA tournament went to 64 teams that has been done.  Without Marshall in order to beat Kansas Zeller must touch the ball every trip down court.

I have no qualms with the officiating in the State-Kansas game.  My only question is why State after calling time out with 2.9 seconds to go in the game at the foul line had to inbound the ball under the basket.  They should have gotten it out on the side in front of the Kansas bench.

Despite how energized we are all around here about Carolina and State doing well in the tournament the games have been lousy.  Whenever you take more threes than two's and can only score 50 points  something is wrong some where.  The three point shot is an equalizer when you make them but the national average is 32% for all teams.  Too many teams just pass the ball around the three point line never trying to go inside.

I think Shawn Peyton should be banned for life from the NFL along with Greg Williams and any person else in the NFL who will pay a player to hurt someone else.  There is a fine line between hitting hard to win a game and trying to hurt someone.  This sure does put a bad taste in your mouth about the Super Bowl win  three years ago for the Saints.

The New York Jets have one of the worst leaders called a quarterback in the NFL in Mark Sanchez.  How do they try to improve?  Bring in a  truly good leader who is one of  the worse quarterbacks in the NFL.  When you have bad and add more bad that equals out to worse off than before.

I think Peyton Manning will help Denver greatly this year.  Manning also has shown the Lebron James' of the world  when it is time to move on  it can be done in a way that everyone shakes hands and goes away happy.  There is an old saying " Never burn bridges whenever you leave a place.  You may have to come back begging on your knees to come back someday".

Tonight on the ALL New Sports Show we will be showing the Faith Christian-Rocky Mount Academy game recorded last Saturday night at 8pm.

Gottfried Second Best Coach In Triangle

If you listen to sports talk radio in the state of North Carolina David Glen  on his Monday shows always has the best and the worst of the weekend.  This Monday I think I will nominate Roy Williams as the worse.  That was about as sorry a coaching job as you could possible coach and somehow despite Roy's effort the Heels won.

Why in the world when you have two of the best shot blockers in the country do you bring your outside people down to double down on the ball when Ohio clearly had no answer for Carolina on the inside.  You could see every time Ohio's big people got the ball close to the basket they were looking to get rid of it because they knew anything they shot was coming back in their face.  FINALLY with three minutes to go and down by four Carolina quit double teaming the ball down low and outscored Ohio the last three minutes of the game and overtime by 11.

I can't tell you how proud I am of the Wolfpack.  If you look at who has beaten the Pack this year in almost every case that team had a big front line.  Tonight the Pack got practically nothing inside  from Howell and CJ was forced to move outside more and the Pack hung with Kansas playing in St Louis.  Kansas playing in St Louis is like trying to beat Carolina in Greensboro in the NCAA Tournament.

Yes the Wolfpack gave Carolina all they wanted in the ACC Tournament but remember John Henson did not play so the Pack was able to get inside.  I think Carolina is better than Kansas but without Marshall Kansas will win  Sunday.  White played well for Carolina but with Watts as his backup he looked lost and that is when Ohio made hay on the Heels.

By far and away Mark Gottfried is a better game coach than Roy.  Despite his recruiting efforts the last few years coach K  showed you this year he could finish second in the ACC with quite possibly his worse team this century.

Austin Rivers rumors are floating about that he's going pro.  I am sure there is no one crying in Durham.  His lack of team ball was the big reason Duke never looked like Duke this year.

Rumors persist that C J Leslie is going pro.  All I can say about that is Josh Powell.  Does anybody remember Powell decide to turn pro after his sophomore year at State  and he has never been heard from since.  I think he did get a ring one year being the 12th man on the Lakers or some team.

  Carolina survives over time against a hot shooting Ohio Bobcats  and now face Kansas Sunday.  Let's go Heels.  Let's get it done for the ACC.

Feast Or Famine

The last year of football for the Gryphons at the Athletic Complex the football team failed to win a conference game. The Gryphon boys basketball team went undefeated at home in their last season in the gym and went on to win the State Title in Basketball.  So far in the last season of baseball to be played in Gryphon Stadium the light hitting Gryphons are finding it very difficult to win in conference as last night the Gryphon lost at home to Fike 5-1 and by doing so sank to last place in the conference at 0-3 and 3-8 overall.

Will Edwards got the call to the pitching mound and so far in three conference games the Gryphons have given up five runs in all three games but have managed only five runs in those  three and fall in the basement of the Big East.  You couldn't ask Edwards to do much best as he took the Gryphons into the sixth inning trailing 2-1 before a three run sixth put the game out of reach.

It isn't like  the Gryphons didn't get chances as they left 13 base runners on  including the first and sixth innings when they left the bases loaded.  Jeremy Johnson started of the first with a single, made it all the way around to third on a pick off throwing error by the Fike pitcher.  Andy Morris followed with a single to give the Gryphons a 1-0 lead.

Fike took the lead in the third after Sam Ellis singled to start the inning.  He came all the way around to score on a Gryphon pick off as the ball went deep into the right field corner . Hunter Cockrell doubled and scored on a single  by Dustin Edwards.

Edwards  lasted until the sixth when Fike opened  with a single and a walk.  Coach Kent Cox relieved Edwards with Spencer Ramsey. A walk and three hits later the Golden Demons had plated three runs.  Rocky Mount open their half of the sixth when Logan Smith Singled, Damien Smith has an infield single  and Ben Yates reached base on the third straight hit.  The top of the line up failed to plate anyone on base and the Gryphons lose their 8th game in 11 outings.

Next week which is  a two game conference week starts on Tuesday at Southern Nash and next Thursday the Gryphons host Northern Nash.  They  then hit that two week Easter vacation where Nash County schools are off the week before Easter and Wilson is out the week after so the Gryphon will once again be in the South Johnston baseball Tournament which starts on March 31.