Moments after Patrick Ewing, Jr secured a huge conference road victory by sending back a last second shot from DeSean Butler, WVU Coliseum turned very, very ugly. Quarters and bottled water began to hit the court from the upset home fans who probably couldn't believe the final few seconds. There would be no handshaking after this game as Thompson rushed to get his players off the court. Meanwhile his counterpart was busy following Ed Hightower (main official) back into the locker room area. The only player who seemed to get hit by anything was Chris Wright who took a flying water bottle in the chest. I've only seen stuff like that at soccer games - not college basketball.
The sweater/shirt combo lives another day: I had actually chalked the game up as a loss after the unusual amount of unforced turnovers and missed threes by the Hoyas. It just seemed like it was WVU's night for most of the game. In fact I had already begun to think about what my next lucky outfit was going to be. Yeah that's right you heard me. I am a 29 year old man that actually considers luck when assembling a wardrobe to wear to the game. Pretty normal I swear.
View from the top?: I actually never went up to my seat with the rest of the Hoya Hoop Club members that were on the bus trip. The seats were pretty high up and as luck would have it, the security guys at the Coliseum were pretty cool. Nobody made me move from my money spot that I found against the railing. I'd honestly rather stand during every game - I guess that's what years and years
of being in the Barra will do to you. I figured that as long as I didn't make an ass out of myself by being that annoying fan that I hate at the Verizon Center, I would be fine.
Mrs. Hibbert ended up standing behind me for the final couple of minutes but she really couldn't bear to watch. After Jessie Sapp hit a huge 3 with 6 seconds remaining she tapped me on the shoulder and asked me "Who hit that shot?".
"Was it Roy?" she asked.
"No. He let Jessie take it this time", I said.
I love the fact that she just assumed it was Roy who it the big 3 again. I mean he has taken 2 threes in almost 4 years. Why not right? The Hibberts seem like great parents. Very nice to fans like me and are always on these roadtrips.
Huggins you idiot: For some reason WVU switched to a man to man defense midway through the second half. The result? The Hoyas backdoored them to death. Went from down 10 to up 1. Nice coaching huggy bear. I wonder how many beers he pounded after the game? Seriously though they blew it from the line. Way too many misses from the chairty stripe at home.
Final Decision: The last play was really close and lets be honest, I am biased. I have seen it about 20 times now and I really don't think you can say it is definitely a clean block or definitely goaltending. And that is with the aid of various angles and slow motion. You only make the call of goaltending if you are 100% sure. If you aren't, which the refs obviously weren't, you let the players decide the outcome.
Ok well I am cised to conclude my day in Herndon and grab my final meal of the day. Arsenal/Newcastle is waiting for me on DVR.
Tomorrow is an off day as I visit the mecca of college hoops...until next time.
2 comments:
Read from the bowles (pun intended) of a rosslyn office building restroom...man this blog's circulation is really spanning the globe...eh?
guess the joke would have been funny if i could spell at a second grade level...
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