Derek DeNote
There’s so much to write about after this
weekend. Don’t expect this follow any logical sense, and if it does, I just
impress myself.
Let’s start off with the one thing that no one
is talking about (no, not that the Out of Our League crew is close personal
friends with Chase Fieler [Also, Dana
O’Neil, notice it’s Fieler not Fielder. We’re not talking about Prince here.]
and Dajaun Graf), but the fact that FGCU does not partake in the playing of the
national anthem. My quick ideas about what’s going instead:
1) Andy Enfield is getting a quickie from his
supermodel wife
2) Andy Enfield is counting the millions in his
bank account
3)
(the most likely of the bunch) Andy Enfield is making sure his team is more
prepared than the opponent.
During both the Georgetown and San Diego State
games, the FGCU team was nowhere to be found when the Star Spangled Banner was
being played and if you don’t believe me, I actually have video proof of this.
The national media just can’t keep up with Out of Our League.
Okay, so I apologize OoOL readers, I lied to
you. A couple of weeks ago I wrote how awesome Jay Cutler is/was…well turns out
Andy Enfield blows him completely out of the water. The dude has millions in
his bank account from his time on Wall Street, on a scale of 1-10 his wife is a
certified 20 , and he has no problem bringing a team in the second year of
eligibility of the tournament to the Sweet 16. On top of all that, I’m sure you’re wondering,
“how did he pull off this certified 20?” Well, it was simple. He took her to
Taco Bell and then enjoyed a NIT game with her. Mr. Enfield, you are my idol.
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| Greatness came face-to-face with greatness when the OoOL crew met the FGCU crew on Friday. |
Now, on to the players of FGCU. Since, I was
going to the game against Georgetown, I looked into FGCU and saw that they
liked to run an up-tempo pace and that Sherwood Brown was their go to player.
So, as I stood out the Wells Fargo Center surrounded by Georgetown fans, I
proclaimed that Brown and company was going to give G-town all they could.
Partly because I’m a douche and partly because I despise JT3’s system and I was
hoping they’d get knocked out. As soon as the game started, Brett Comer stole
my heart. The kid looks like a combination of Aaron Craft and Greg Paulus, but
plays like Jason Kidd. In fact I was so convinced of this I tweeted it to Jon
Rothstein…and he didn’t do anything with it. (I’m starting to think that he
loves all my tweets, but doesn’t want to show me special treatment…it’s okay
Jon, I understand.) I knew I recognized Comer from somewhere and once I looked
up FGCU roster I immediately remember he was in the backcourt with Austin
Rivers in high school. (No, I do not have any friends and watch high school
basketball games on the reg… and here’s a name to remember next year: Kasey
Hill. The kid is a player and I suspect Florida will not falter even after
losing Boynton and Rosario) No one really remembers him or scouted him because
Rivers played with the ball in his hands 85% percent of the time and Comer’s
specialty is his profound vision. Also, I am getting so much joy that a Brett
Comer led FGCU team got into the Sweet 16, but an Austin Rivers led Duke team
couldn’t. Now onto the fan favorite, Chase Fieler. Chase Fieler had some crazy
dunks, but I like him because how down to earth he is. After pulling off
possibly the biggest upset in tourney history. He just sat by himself and
watched the Oklahoma and San Diego State game until people started asking for
autographs and pictures and he, of course, obliged. When the White Raven and
myself got a picture with him, before I could congratulate him and wish him
luck, he asked me how I was doing. The man just pulled off a colossal upset and
he wasn’t fazed with the constant asking of pictures or autographs…he truly
acted like a normal college student. I am fully on the FGCU bandwagon… which is
probably bad for them since every other team’s bandwagon I’ve been on has
suffered defeat already.
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| We all benefit from the fact that Andy Enfield coaches at a school with beaches. His wife enjoys the beach. |
Now onto the things that FGCU has made you
forget from the tourney:
1) Brad Stevens has an
inbound guy. Yes, a guy that’s specializes in inbounding the basketball. In
case you missed it, Emerson Kampen checked in once and it was simply to get Butler
a score in under a second. It was actually phenomenal, but alas, Butler still
suffered defeat.
2) Ben McLemore is MIA. Newsflash Ben I didn’t drop a 3rd round pick on you shoot 0-9 from the floor. But, I’m okay with this because Kansas still advanced comfortably despite his poor offensive showing. McLemore’s no-show performances haven’t been talked about because everyone loves the Eagles.
2) Ben McLemore is MIA. Newsflash Ben I didn’t drop a 3rd round pick on you shoot 0-9 from the floor. But, I’m okay with this because Kansas still advanced comfortably despite his poor offensive showing. McLemore’s no-show performances haven’t been talked about because everyone loves the Eagles.
3) Roy
Williams still can’t beat Kansas.
4) Syracuse
looks good. Syracuse had about as much trouble winning this weekend as Tim
Kennard does pulling only 10s. Boeheim and bunch had no trouble taking down
Montana and Cal and now they get to play a team coached by Tom Crean, who if I
was to guess is going to have a mighty tough time trying to decipher their 2-3
zone.
5) Mike
Brey makes another early exit. Yeah, maybe I’m wrong about this guy. I didn’t
like him and then I loved him and now I just don’t know what to think. He’s
another guy that seems to underachieve come tourney time, which is perplexing
because his teams typically fare well in the Big East Tourney. Gerry you might
be right.
6) Michigan
is playing their best basketball of the year. Shout out to Nick Scioli for
being on this bandwagon when I was down on them. I thought havoc was going to
give them fits, but instead Trey Burke made VCU look like the OLPH JV team
trying to execute a press. He said expect a Kemba-esque performance from Burke
and if that’s what we’re about to get then we better buckle up and get ready.
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| I can hardly tell the difference between me and Marshall anymore. |
7) Marshall
Henderson has been stalking my life and has taken everything I do that’s cool
and made it even cooler. I’ve been throwing up the shark for a good year now
and all of sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been rocking the badass (I use
badass very liberally here) chin hair for a good portion and this year and all
of sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been chucking up 3’s whenever I get my
hands on the ball since the 3rd grade and shooting an extremely poor
percentage and all of a sudden he does it and it’s cool. I’ve been doing coke
since the day I was born and now all of a sudden he does it and it’s cool.
(Okay, maybe that last one is just him.)
