How Sweet 16 It Is!

Perhaps the national media has not noticed yet but the Cougs can play some basketball. Watching ESPN and cruisin' the yet for all I could find, maybe one or two media maroons picked us to win over Notre Dame. Okay, so Notre Dame was fast - took care of it. So they had one monster big guy in the middle - I wasn't impressed. So they play fast and we play slow. Whatever, we got it done and took them Catholic school boys to the wood shed in the process. And how 'bout them Cougs! Derek Low played perhaps the best game I have seen hime play since dropping 39 on Oregon a year ago. He was on fire and that fall-away three pointer at the end of the first half - that was one sweet stroke. Another thing, Low was playin' some monster 'D' tonight. Nothing was getting past him. And of course, let us not forget the Dream Weaver. You know, everyone says that he plays like a Nate McMillian. I got two words for ya'll - Scottie Pippen! It is all most like a mirror image - guy plays excellant defense, perhaps the best in the nation, can shot the ball from all areas of the court, quick hands, great spend, rebounds, un-selfish, and is lighthing quick. Did you see that block in the towards the end of the game - WOW!

Next up for the Cougs - NORTH CAROLINA! A childhood favorite of mine, mostly because Michael Jordan was and still is my all-time favorite but you just cannot beat their tradition. That being said, WSU is going to win. Laugh if you want but Carolina plays the same style of ball that Notre Dame does. Only difference, and it is a big difference, North Carolina can flat out play ball. They shoot lights out, play great defense, rebound well, and just kill you with their speed. Oh yeah and they have Tyler Hansbrough - perhaps the best player in all of college basketball. Thing is, I think and so do some others I know, that the Cougs match up well against Carolina. They are not to big and in many ways mirror us in height at both the guards and forwards. Also, Carolina could have problems with out style of play. Last time I checked no team in the ACC plays a slow, half court style of basketball. That is going to be our advantage because we do not match up talent wise against Carolina. They have more talent but we just might have the better team! Will find out next week. Till then, DON'T STOP BELIEVIN' and LET'S GO COUGS!