McCants Has 18
...and I'm still not sick of the title joke yet.
I actually got a chance to catch a couple of games and a few intoxicating beverages. Illinois continues to have mysterious ball handling and shooting problems, but mitigated it stellar play from Augustine, much to the roommates' relief. Kentucky and Cincinnati played ugly basketball until someone was forced to win, and the Other McCants continued UW-Milwaukee's unscheduled stay.
As for the Wake-West Virginia game, I don't know why the Demon Deacons adopted the Big East policy of letting their opponents back into the game, but once that collapse occurred, it was among the most exciting basketball of the year, second only to UNC-Duke II. Gansey proceeded to spend two overtimes atoning for a crucial missed free throw, Wake Forest was getting three-pointers from just about everyone, and Eric Williams was in full heart attack mode, from the blocked shot in the first OT to the missed layups in the second.
Honestly, I really thought Levy would step up after Gray and Paul left the game, and pull Wake to victory. Instead, all of West Virginia's 2OT points seemed to come from driving right past him. I don't know if his vanishing act this year came from Paul and Gray taking more of the offense on their shoulders, but this game was not an indication that the Levy of yore will be coming back.
I actually got a chance to catch a couple of games and a few intoxicating beverages. Illinois continues to have mysterious ball handling and shooting problems, but mitigated it stellar play from Augustine, much to the roommates' relief. Kentucky and Cincinnati played ugly basketball until someone was forced to win, and the Other McCants continued UW-Milwaukee's unscheduled stay.
As for the Wake-West Virginia game, I don't know why the Demon Deacons adopted the Big East policy of letting their opponents back into the game, but once that collapse occurred, it was among the most exciting basketball of the year, second only to UNC-Duke II. Gansey proceeded to spend two overtimes atoning for a crucial missed free throw, Wake Forest was getting three-pointers from just about everyone, and Eric Williams was in full heart attack mode, from the blocked shot in the first OT to the missed layups in the second.
Honestly, I really thought Levy would step up after Gray and Paul left the game, and pull Wake to victory. Instead, all of West Virginia's 2OT points seemed to come from driving right past him. I don't know if his vanishing act this year came from Paul and Gray taking more of the offense on their shoulders, but this game was not an indication that the Levy of yore will be coming back.
--T.H. Sunday, March 20, 2005
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