MySports Today

Rick Pitino is a moron.  Professional and collegiate athletes are so dumb sometimes, and it looks like coaches can be just as stupid.  Louisville Head Coach Rick Pitino could find himself out of a job because of his stupidity.  Check out this the Pitino Mess here…

North Carolina crushed Michigan State 89-72 in the Championship Game of the 2009 NCAA Basketball Tournament.  UNC rushed out to an early 40-20 lead and led by an incredible 21 points by halftime – 55-34.  Although MSU cut the lead to 13 on a few occasions in the 2nd half, the game was never close.

UNC’s Roy Williams won his 2nd National Championship Title in 5 years at his alma mater.  IN 2005, UNC defeated Illinois for Williams’ 1st National Championship title as a head coach.

UNC had an explosive balanced attack on Monday night.  Ty Lawson led the way with 21 points, 6 assists and 4 rebounds.  Lawson also set a Final Four record by recording 8 steals in the Championship Game – he had 7 steals in the 1st half alone before Coach Williams called off the dogs.  Tyler Hansborough, who returned to Chapel Hill for his senior year to win the NCAA title that eluded his team during their 2008 Final Four run, poured in 18 points and 7 rebounds.  Wayne Ellington emerged on the Final Four scene with an impressive 19 point effort to go along with 4 rebounds.  Ed David also had a solid night off the bench – 11 points and 8 rebounds in only 14 minutes.

Goran Suton led the way for MSU in defeat – 17 points and 11 rebounds.  Point Guard Kalin Lucas scored 14 points and dished out 7 assists, but also committed 6 costly turnovers.  MSU’s best player – Raymar Morgan – was invisible all night long.  Morgan fouled out after scoring just 4 points and grabbing only 1 offensive rebound.  Morgan only took a total of 2 shots from the field.

Kudos to Coach Williams and his Tarheels.  There was a lot of pressure on North Caraolina to get the win over the “home-town underdog” Spartans, and they didn’t disappoint.  Williams has now added his name to the elite list of college coaches who have won multiple NCAA Basketball Championships – Mike Kryzewski, Jim Calhoun and Billy Donovan are the only other active coaches to lay claim to multiple championships. And he should be credited with rejuvenating the Tarhell program which should once again be a national powerhouse for years to come…

Michael Jordan’s son Marcus announced that he will attend and play for the University of Central Florida. Both of his sons will probably never play in the NBA since they are considered only good players, but they both did get scholarships to play basketball. When your dads Michael Jordan I guess that doesn’t really matter he can afford to pay for school even if they didn’t.

With the championship game just hours away tickets for this NCAA brawl are still hot. If you are just looking to get into the game its going to cost you about $325 and good seats are still at $400 to $1,500. This comes as some what of a surprise since the Super Bowl back in February was not that hot of an event.  With the economy going down and people losing jobs many brokers did not think it would turn out to be that big of event. A lot of fans like to hold off until the last minute to get the best deal, but sometimes this gamble can come back to bit you.  We talked to Joe from ticketchest.com and he told us that they have received many calls and emails from people in Detroit looking for cheap tickets. He said, “It looks like there is going to be a lot of people in Detroit not going to the game.” Waiting is a gamble and its unfortunate that people miss out but its a market and it goes up and down with the demand for the event.

Also, what many people don’t realize is that when you wait and try to get tickets right before the event or on the street you could end up with fake tickets. If you don’t use a legitimate source for your tickets it could cost you the money you spent on the tickets and you won’t get in.

Gotta love NCAA tourney action – especially in the early rounds on Thursday and Friday.  Pitt almost made history – fending off East Tennessee State 72-62 late to avoid becoming the 1st #1 seed to ever lose to a #16 seed.  There were other exciting games this morning/afternoon:

Oklahoma State (8) knocked off Tennessee (9) 77-75.

11 seed Dayton pulled of a flying shocker with a 68-60 upset of 6 seed West Virginia.

Arizona State avoided the 6-11 upset by pulling away late to hold off Temple 66-57.

And in the best game of the early sessions, 6 seed Marquette topped 11 seed Utah State 58-57.  Marquette was up big early and then trailed late in the 2nd half before pulling off the dramatic win.

Gotta love these first 2 rounds of tourney action.

Rumor has it that Japanese super star pitcher Kensin Kawakami is in Atlanta for a Physical to finalize an agreement with the Braves. Kawakami is the 2004 MVP for the Central League and has won 112 games in 11 seasons. He is regarded as one of the the top free agents from Japan. Kawakami 33 was 9-5 last year and missed several weeks because of back strain. The Braces who have lost Smoltz and Hampton could also loss Hudson so Kawakami would be much needed for the team.