Ah… March madness, I love this time of the year, especially when UCLA wins. And tonite, UCLA’s victory against perenial cinderella Gonzaga was truly a classic.
UCLA is a young and inexperienced team this year and they played like it in the first half– bad shot selection and too many turn-overs. They were down as much as 17 points, dug a hole almost deep enough to bury themselves. But somehow the kids pulled out a victory, grabbing their first lead with 9 seconds left in the game. Unbelievable!
I saw Gonzaga’s Adam Morrison played a few times on TV this year and he impresses me. He reminds me of a young Larry Bird, the way he carries himself in the game. He’s a very smart player. Heck, he even has a wispy moustashe like Larry. Morrison isn’t as a pure long-range shooter like Bird though, not yet anyway… But I’m certain he’ll be an impact player in the NBA.
The game was one for the ages; I am so happy UCLA made it this far. 
Go Bruins… One more on the road of final four baby!
5 comments so far
UCLA got lucky :)!!!!!
It was such a good comeback that the ref
gave them some free fouls. hee hee.
It’s so typical of Duke to crumble.
March 24th, 2006 at 12:38 pm
boo hoo, I wanted Gonzaga to win. Best of luck
to Morrison. He has some health problems
so I hope he’s ok playing at the NBA level.
March 24th, 2006 at 12:42 pm
Yeah, I can’t believe how earnestly hard I was rooting for Ucla to win this. (I am, of course, a Golden Bear!) But since Cal lost in first round, I’ll root for Joe’s team!
March 24th, 2006 at 2:49 pm
I’m not gonna argue it wasn’t luck, but luck alone don’t make a comeback win like this. You’ve got to give the kids some credits…
Get on the bandwagon, everybody. ‘Cause we’re going all the way to Indy!
March 24th, 2006 at 4:19 pm
I thought for sure Gonzaga was going to win.
I was rooting for UCLA.
Don’t know about the elite 8 round though.
March 24th, 2006 at 7:09 pm
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