NCAA Gets Jimmered One More Time

Already named to the AP All American team, Jimmer Fredette was today named the Player of the Year in college basketball.  There is little doubt that his scoring ability and one name celebrity status earned him the title.  And since it is a regular season award I agree with the award.  The talk was always Kemba Walker or Jimmer Fredette.  Walker was a little down in the middle of the season, but if you included the playoffs into equation, I think my vote would change to Walker.  He's been dynamite and totally clutch in the Big East and NCAA Tournaments.

Who do you think deserved the POY award?  The 4 nominees were Jimmer, Walker, Nolan Smith (Duke) and Jared Sullinger (Ohio State).  Jimmer pretty much ran away with it, earning 48 of the 65 voted.  Walker was in 2nd with 11 voted, Smith had 5, and Sullinger had 1.

Just to remind you how good Jimmer is, let me remind you of his 52 point outburst against UNLV in the MWC Tournament.

Oh yeah, Kemba Walker isn't too bad himself. (I recommend you mute the video when the music starts)

It's March, Let the Madness Begin!

It's March!  And you know what that means:

It's time for the underdogs to shine; time for the mid-majors to rise up and make a name for themselves; time for buzzer beaters; and time for someone to turn himself into a superstar.  As far as basketball is concerned it's the most wonderful time of the year.  And we've already had some of these in the conference championships.

Kemba Walker made a name for himself early in the season with some staggering numbers.  But in the middle part of the season he fell off the map a bit as UConn began to struggle a little.  In the Big East Conference tournament he's putting on a show again.  They've played 3 games in the tourney so far against Depaul, #22 Georgetown, and #3 Pitt.  They have won all 3 games and Walker has averaged 26 points, 6 rebounds and over 4 assists.  Plus he knocked down a buzzer beater to claim the victory over Pitt.

Then there was the St John's v Rutgers game last night.  That was drama for different reasons than basketball.  The refs kind of killed that game.  With less than 10 seconds to go Rutgers inbounded the ball with a chance to tie or win the game.  Their was a potential foul on the inbound, but that was questionable and not called.  So St John's stole the ball and thought they finished the game.  So the player who stole it ran up the court, traveled and, stepped out of bounds with almost 2 seconds left on the clock.  All of those would have given the ball back to Rutgers with time left to take a shot, unfortunately none of them were called, so Rutgers never got the chance.  The refs have since resigned from the tournament.

Expect more drama to unfold in the next couple of days leading up to Selection Sunday.  What bubble team will end up getting knocked out the NCAA tournament because of an underdog winning their conference?  It's anyone's guess, and that what makes it so great?

By the way, when will college football catch on?