Victory is Mine!
Posted by: Bradley McDonald
Well, I finished in 8th place, which is fairly decent out of 30 contestants but the big victory was accomplishing my readjusted goal (beating two of the following three - my mom, my girlfriend, my sister). It was a last minute victory as I had to have UNC win to beat the girlfriend (she finished a very respectable 12th).
Congrats to Tim Vik who finished half a point ahead of Nathan Henson (Moses) for 1st place. Kimberly Rigney (MsKimberlyAnn) took the award of 'Top Female Contestant' by finishing third. Kimberly correctly predicted the winner of 43 of the games, which was the highest number in our pool.
My Mom (ShirleyMc) ended up being the highest NinetyAndNine staffer by finishing one point ahead of me in 7th place. That must be where I get my abundant sports knowledge. Ha!
The actual game was a pretty good one. UNC led by 15 at one point but Illinois fought back to make it a game. The game was looking very much like the Illini's game against Arizona, where Illinois came back from 15 down to win in overtime. But UNC is a different team and they had enough talent to pull out the 75-70 win.
The difference in the game was Sean May, who scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on 10-11 shooting from the floor. Illinois double-teamed him early, but it looked like they gave that up and that's when May came alive. He made the Illini defenders look foolish inside when he was one-on-one and that's why I can't figure out why they didn't double team him every time he touched the ball.
Illinois settled for three pointers all game and ended up with 40 shots from behind the line! To their credit, their outside screens got them plenty of open shots, but the three pointer eventually did them in.
Well, I finished in 8th place, which is fairly decent out of 30 contestants but the big victory was accomplishing my readjusted goal (beating two of the following three - my mom, my girlfriend, my sister). It was a last minute victory as I had to have UNC win to beat the girlfriend (she finished a very respectable 12th).
Congrats to Tim Vik who finished half a point ahead of Nathan Henson (Moses) for 1st place. Kimberly Rigney (MsKimberlyAnn) took the award of 'Top Female Contestant' by finishing third. Kimberly correctly predicted the winner of 43 of the games, which was the highest number in our pool.
My Mom (ShirleyMc) ended up being the highest NinetyAndNine staffer by finishing one point ahead of me in 7th place. That must be where I get my abundant sports knowledge. Ha!
The actual game was a pretty good one. UNC led by 15 at one point but Illinois fought back to make it a game. The game was looking very much like the Illini's game against Arizona, where Illinois came back from 15 down to win in overtime. But UNC is a different team and they had enough talent to pull out the 75-70 win.
The difference in the game was Sean May, who scored 26 points and grabbed 10 rebounds on 10-11 shooting from the floor. Illinois double-teamed him early, but it looked like they gave that up and that's when May came alive. He made the Illini defenders look foolish inside when he was one-on-one and that's why I can't figure out why they didn't double team him every time he touched the ball.
Illinois settled for three pointers all game and ended up with 40 shots from behind the line! To their credit, their outside screens got them plenty of open shots, but the three pointer eventually did them in.
Congrats to Sister Shirley for coming in 7th and beating her son!!! Woo-hoo, Sister Shirley, you ROCK!
Posted by
Wendy |
Wed Apr 06, 12:22:00 AM 2005
Thanks, Wendy...Nothing like good ole guessing!
Posted by
shirleymc |
Thu Apr 07, 04:42:00 PM 2005