I started writing this post with 10 minutes left in the game, while trailing Texas by about 18 points, so the tone of this will be different from the original message.

First of all, hats off the Hurricanes basketball. That team was picked by many to finish last place in the ACC, but ended up being one of only four ACC teams making it to the tournament. I can’t give enough praise to the overall season this team had.

Similarly, you have to love the job Coach Haith did with this team. The bottom line is that these guys aren’t that talented, and they are extremely inconsistent, so to get within three points of the Sweet 16 is astonishing.

That said, I can’t help but playing the "what if" game after we came back and only lost by three points.

What if the team didn’t get lazy from 10 minutes left in the first half to 5 minutes left in the game and played hard D and avoided stupid turnovers?

What if the ‘Canes put a hand up in those shooters’ faces ONE TIME so they missed just ONE MORE three pointer?

What if we didn’t drive to the lane on multiple occasions, only to throw the ball off the backboard and hope for the foul call?

What if, when down by three points with 1 second left, we didn’t throw a 90 yard pass, making it impossible to mathematically tie the game?

What if we didn’t have a couple starters who literally have not done one productive thing for the team all season?

What if? What if? What if?

If just one of these issues went our way, we are looking at a Stanford team this week that is certainly beatable. But as it is, we should be happy we made it this far, and look forward to the amazing talent we will be welcoming next year.

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I’m a die hard Heat fan. Even a few weeks ago, when the Heat were 99% out of the playoff race, I continued to watch games intently. Now, it’s impossible. All the players worth watching aren’t playing, and the Heat officially began the tanking process weeks ago.

Last night, the Heat scored a total of 54 points to lose to the Raptors by 42. A TOTAL of 54!!! Basketball teams should not score less than football teams, especially those that play in the NBA.

After this year of Miami sports, I am on suicide watch.

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For the last season of Dancing with the Stars, I vowed to not waste one post on the show, what with Mark Cuban and Helio Castreneves dancing around the stage like little douches. But last night, as per my mom’s request, I watched the show, so I could see one of my man crushes, Jason Taylor. I realized how gay I truly was when one of the judges made a somewhat negative comment and I took offense to it, yelling “Oh that’s bullshit!” to the TV in front of my girlfriend. So, uh, I guess this is me coming out of the closet. So, um, I’m a huge effin’ homo. Later.

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Aside from Super Bowl Sunday, this is my favorite time of the year. Nothing is better than this coming Thursday through Sunday. What’s even better is when your brackets are still alive for the second weekend of play.

On a personal note, I couldn’t be any happier with the seeding of the Hurricanes. I wanted a 7 or 10 seed more than anything, which I got, in arguably the worst of the four regions.

At first glance, the match ups seems pretty fair. I haven’t paid too much attention to them yet, but I think I’m going to keep it conservative with a UCLA-Kansas finals. I foresee UNC also making it to the Final Four, and Memphis being the only 1 seed to not make it, possibly being upset by Pitt. But what do I know about this stuff? (nothing).

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My friend, Tommy O, brought up the point that the Heat look like they have been throwing games in the past couple weeks. At first, I balked at the idea that my team is officially throwing in the towel, but I think he’s onto something. He noted that with a few minutes left against the Lakers last week, the Heat shortened the deficit to six points, only pull out Wade and Marion and get smashed.

Then, after having a huge third quarter lead against the Kings, the Heat ended up getting blown out.

Okay, whatever, the Heat are out of playoff contention and have nothing to play for except the top pick of the draft next season. But then Riley decides to come out with this quote:

”I should write a check tomorrow to each season-ticket holder and send them back [their money] at least for tonight,” Riley said. “I should write the check back because I can’t get them to play hard. They have a tendency to give in and not hold their ground, we’ve seen that a lot this year but you can’t do that at home. I have to ferret out the guys who really don’t care, I have to ferret them out of here and put them on the bench and bring in a bunch of young guys.”

I’ve been to probably eight games this season, with tickets costing an average of $40 (none of which I paid for), but I would be more than happy to accept a $320 losers rebate from Riles.

I get throwing games. The Heat want that number 1 pick. I also agree that a handful of guys on the team don’t give two craps about winning (Ricky Davis and Jason Williams to name a couple). But if you’re going to pretend that it’s those select few players who are currently losing games, when it’s clear that the coaching has been a major factor of the losses as well, please don’t bull shit the fans like this.

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Just a few days ago, Trent Green was cleared to return to the game that almost caused his dome to go flying into the upper level early in the 2007 NFL season. Surprisingly, Green has decided to stay in the game, and look for another game. You really have to feel for his wife, who will be in charge of spoon-feeding and ass-wiping duties, should God forbid Green take another hard hit to the head. This is just a dumb ass decision.

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From SbB, I have learned that NCAA Women’s hoops is losing a lot of money.

The US Department of Education reported that the NCAA’s 333 Division I women’s basketball programs that competed in the 2005-2006 season lost a cumulative amount of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE MMMILLION DOLLARS!

This may not mean all that much to you, but if you realized where this money was coming from, you would likely be a bit irked. A few years ago, I was looking at a list of revenues from college sports programs (mainly focusing at the University of Miami, where I was an undergraduate student at the time), and the NCAA rules of disbursing money relatively evenly among different athletic programs is astonishing. Although the football team literally earned 1,000 times the revenue of a program like women’s basketball, the girls still received a ton of cheddar, which was essentially money pissed away, except for the girls on scholarship and anyone else who happens to profit from the program. I would say that I’m a general fan of capitalism, so it makes no sense to me that the programs who earn all the money can’t spend a greater majority of that money. I don’t think you can leave the less cared about programs out of it, but a mere trickle down is plenty for them.

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