...the mighty wildcats have struck out.
Well Friday afternoon a talented Marquette team put this injury-plagued season out of its misery. With a preconference schedule that saw historic losses to Gardner-Webb, Houston and San Diego, a team that missed a ton of playing time due to injury including two starters with season-ending ones (a list to come), a remarkable SEC run to fight furiously to eke out an NCAA bid, an SEC tourney with no fans due to a TORNADO for crying out loud, this has got to be the wierdest, wildest most unpredictable premier season for any transitioning coach. My heart goes out to the Cats for a hard fought, never-give-up, never-say-die season. Senior Joe Crawford poured in 35 in his final game in a heroic effort against double and triple teams. He surely showed his true colors, a warrior to the end.
The injuries I remember were:
Ramon Harris, broken nose
Jared Carter, Shoulder
Michael Porter, Concussion, shoulder
Derek Jasper, Micro fracture surgery-knee
Patrick Patterson, Sprained ankle, Broken ankle-season
Jodie Meeks, Groin, Hip flexor strain-season
Ramel Bradley, Concussion
Joe Crawford, Plantar Fascitis (played through)
Oh, and freshman guard Alex Legion left the team because he missed his mom.
Well, even with the Cats out of the tournament early (first round loss, their first since 1987), I'm greatly enjoying the games. Western Kentucky University, my alma mater, is in the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 1995; one game had a three-pointer at the buzzer to win in overtime. Louisville is doing well too, and I always root for state schools in the Big Dance.
I took Ellice out a couple of times to assuage the loss of her husband during this time of year, and she really enjoyed it. We seem to have found some balance for dealing with this, my favorite of holidays, the NCAA tournament. Let's see how we handle it next year with a nine-month-old thrown into the mix.
We did an Easter reading on Sunday, and it went well. Ellice may have a picture of it on her blog. Laurana woke up halfway through the production and started kicking mommy. So far she seems to like ballgames and music a lot.
Still no books finished this year, but I'm working on it.
We are reinstituting writing group, but it is just me and the Mrs., as with testing and busy schedules, it is increasingly difficult to schedule anything on a weekly basis.
On other fronts, I'm still working, spring break is coming (not soon enough for my taste), and I'm still plugging away at these classes. I'm doing more work for these two classes then when I had four a year ago. But I'm managing, with Ellice's support.
No movies to review at this time.
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It's nice of you to even out the attention you give Ellice and the ball games. I don't think most men do that. I am very fortunate because neither Kevin nor I are into any sports.
You are allowed to go on and on about b-ball, but what have you done to your wife??? She now goes on and on about it.
Writing night: Hoping to start it here, too, and replacing a non-writing friend (who's opting out) with one that was happy to hear such a thing existed. Of course, we haven't been able to pick a day yet, esp since 2 of us auditioned for a new show and are waiting to see if we got in and when we'll rehearse.....
Ask your wife if she hopes to finish "Homecoming" or if I should see what I can do (it needed her to finish it as having lived through some Guam hurricanes).
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