Back From The Dead

When I last left you Kool Aid Drinkers, we had just beaten Kansas and were gearing up for the game against the Great Satan, Rick Barnes. We finally broke through on those guys and were headed to the Championship Game. Like Lazarus, we had been raised from the dead, and like Lazarus, we would die again eventually.

I'm proud of our guys, we simply ran out of gas. It was painfully obvious around the 10-12 minute mark in the 2nd half. Shots became flat, passes lost their zip, the defense was a step slower. I'm in my 20s and work out nearly every day. If I run on the treadmill 3 days straight, there is no way I can get through a similar session on the 4th. I know our guys are Division I athletes, and so their in a better physical state than me, but I can understand getting tired.

Good for Drew as well this week. He accumulated more skins in one week than he has in his entire tenure at Baylor. He beat Kansas for the first time, Texas for the first time, and made it two straight post-season appearances. Not bad considering a first round loss in OKC this past week would have ended our season. Like many other things, the first time to do something is often the hardest. I have a feeling we'll be beating the Texas' of the world with a little more frequency now. Maybe like once every three years instead of 11 now.

Wednesday it looks like we'll be hosting the Artist Formerly Known as Hoya Paranoia. Like us, Georgetown had very high hopes this season and was ranked in the top 15 for part of the season. I'll admit, I have yet to watch a game of theirs this year so I won't give a scouting report. I only know that our guys are finally playing like they don't want their season to end. I think it's a close game either way. I hope our students will fill the FC. There are no more distractions like Sing or pledging to keep people from going.

An NIT Championship would be an unexpected but still a very positive note to end this era in Baylor Basketball. I hope it happens.

Murph