Rodents and Ugly Turtles
Ok.
Maybe Kammron Taylor will not burn for what he did to me and thousands of other people last night, but I'm still waiting for a written apology from him. Or at least a sincere heartfelt apology from the officiating crew included with the check that they received from the tax payers of the state of Wisconsin via the University of Wisconsin Madison's Athletic Department.
Now I usually don't crawl into the realm of conspicracy theory. But for your consideration:
March 22, 2003
Brett Blizzard's final game in a UNCW jersey. A hard fought "loss" to Maryland. Blizzard was double teamed and shut down the entire game but the Seahawks found a way to hold a 1 point lead with just a few seconds to play. Until Drew "Buzzkill" Nicholas decided that he would like to torment the fine people of Wilmington NC and by the grace of God dropped in a heavily guarded 3 to give the defending national champions a 2 point first-round victory. They would eventually fall in the Elite 8.
December 16, 2004
A Christmas Break game in Charleston SC in which the Seahawks led the ENTIRE game. Then with a 1 point lead and 5 seconds to play the exact same thing happened with slightly different rosters as Dontaye Draper hits a 3 as time expires to give College of Charelston a 2 point win. UNCW would go on to win 19 games this year and this loss most definitely gave the NIT selection comittee the excuse they needed to keep us out of the postseason. Even thought they took two teams who finished below us in the conference and did not advance as far in the conference postseason as we did. Conspiracy theory is in effect. By the way Dontaye Draper scored his only 3 points of the ball game as time expired.
December 12, 2005
Just as the student body at UNCW had changed enough to push the thoughts of that loss to Maryland out of their heads. And the remaining survivors had just completed reattaching their hearts that had so suddenly been ripped out. A certain Kammron "Buzzkill Jr." Taylor decided that UNCW is never to have a completely fulfilling season. The Seahawks continued their national exposure by staying at #12 in the latest collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Poll after being idle all last week. The Seahawks moved into the ESPN/Coaches Poll receiving 2 votes putting us at #46 in the nation. UNCW was ready to once again burst onto the national scene and all our wildest dreams were about to come true. But then a few refs got together and had a conversation that I believe would have gone something like this:
Ref #1: Hey guys don't you think it would be funny if we gave the heavily favored home team that never loses at home 18 times as many free throws as the hard fighting mid-major team.
Ref #2: That sounds great. I always wondered what that would be like. And not only that let's call some of those fouls on the mid-major team where the 17,000 people who cheering against them are even confused.
Ref #3: Hey guys this whistle is loud.
Now I know this sounds far-fetched but I am not kidding. Check out the box score.
Nothing on their is a mis-print because I listened to the whole thing. Except they should have put a few more players on the Wisconsin Badgers roster. I believe their names were Ted Hillary, Jim Burr, and Dan Chrisman. Apparently whoever typed up the box score thought they were the refs. I guess they misplaced their red and white jerseys and had to where some black and white ones instead and i guess since they were non-trad students no one really questioned it and assumed they were the officiating crew. I guess we should personally check their credentials.
But enough of the negatives.
TJ carter had a breakout performance putting up a career high 19 points. As well as 5 rebounds and 2 assists. John Goldsberry led the way with 5 assists. And Beckham Wyrick crashed the boards for the Hawks coming up with 7. Alando Tucker led the Badgers with 15 points.
I am very proud of our team. They fought so hard for 40 minutes and they deserved another 5 minutes to come home with that win. Our RPI jumped to #14 after the loss. But I have never felt so much pain over a "game" as i did when that 3 dropped for Taylor. The reprecussions for this school could be great. This loss instead of a win could keep us from receiving an at large bid to the big dance. But hopefully that won't be necessary as we can hopefully win the CAA tournament.
In other news we are tied for first in the conference with Drexel and Northeastern who all stand at 2-0 in conference play. A half game back are ODU, GMU, VCU, Towson, Georgia State, and Hofstra who are all 1-1. Complete Conference standings.
The Seahawks face Coastal Carolina next on Saturday at 7:00 in Trask. I will not be in attendance as I will be out of town visiting family. But every one get out there so we can get this loss behind us.
Enjoy the win Wisconsin. I hope it's sweet. Though not nearly as sweet for you as it is bitter for us here in Wilmington.
Maybe Kammron Taylor will not burn for what he did to me and thousands of other people last night, but I'm still waiting for a written apology from him. Or at least a sincere heartfelt apology from the officiating crew included with the check that they received from the tax payers of the state of Wisconsin via the University of Wisconsin Madison's Athletic Department.
Now I usually don't crawl into the realm of conspicracy theory. But for your consideration:
March 22, 2003
Brett Blizzard's final game in a UNCW jersey. A hard fought "loss" to Maryland. Blizzard was double teamed and shut down the entire game but the Seahawks found a way to hold a 1 point lead with just a few seconds to play. Until Drew "Buzzkill" Nicholas decided that he would like to torment the fine people of Wilmington NC and by the grace of God dropped in a heavily guarded 3 to give the defending national champions a 2 point first-round victory. They would eventually fall in the Elite 8.
December 16, 2004
A Christmas Break game in Charleston SC in which the Seahawks led the ENTIRE game. Then with a 1 point lead and 5 seconds to play the exact same thing happened with slightly different rosters as Dontaye Draper hits a 3 as time expires to give College of Charelston a 2 point win. UNCW would go on to win 19 games this year and this loss most definitely gave the NIT selection comittee the excuse they needed to keep us out of the postseason. Even thought they took two teams who finished below us in the conference and did not advance as far in the conference postseason as we did. Conspiracy theory is in effect. By the way Dontaye Draper scored his only 3 points of the ball game as time expired.
December 12, 2005
Just as the student body at UNCW had changed enough to push the thoughts of that loss to Maryland out of their heads. And the remaining survivors had just completed reattaching their hearts that had so suddenly been ripped out. A certain Kammron "Buzzkill Jr." Taylor decided that UNCW is never to have a completely fulfilling season. The Seahawks continued their national exposure by staying at #12 in the latest collegeinsider.com Mid-Major Poll after being idle all last week. The Seahawks moved into the ESPN/Coaches Poll receiving 2 votes putting us at #46 in the nation. UNCW was ready to once again burst onto the national scene and all our wildest dreams were about to come true. But then a few refs got together and had a conversation that I believe would have gone something like this:
Ref #1: Hey guys don't you think it would be funny if we gave the heavily favored home team that never loses at home 18 times as many free throws as the hard fighting mid-major team.
Ref #2: That sounds great. I always wondered what that would be like. And not only that let's call some of those fouls on the mid-major team where the 17,000 people who cheering against them are even confused.
Ref #3: Hey guys this whistle is loud.
Now I know this sounds far-fetched but I am not kidding. Check out the box score.
Nothing on their is a mis-print because I listened to the whole thing. Except they should have put a few more players on the Wisconsin Badgers roster. I believe their names were Ted Hillary, Jim Burr, and Dan Chrisman. Apparently whoever typed up the box score thought they were the refs. I guess they misplaced their red and white jerseys and had to where some black and white ones instead and i guess since they were non-trad students no one really questioned it and assumed they were the officiating crew. I guess we should personally check their credentials.
But enough of the negatives.
TJ carter had a breakout performance putting up a career high 19 points. As well as 5 rebounds and 2 assists. John Goldsberry led the way with 5 assists. And Beckham Wyrick crashed the boards for the Hawks coming up with 7. Alando Tucker led the Badgers with 15 points.
I am very proud of our team. They fought so hard for 40 minutes and they deserved another 5 minutes to come home with that win. Our RPI jumped to #14 after the loss. But I have never felt so much pain over a "game" as i did when that 3 dropped for Taylor. The reprecussions for this school could be great. This loss instead of a win could keep us from receiving an at large bid to the big dance. But hopefully that won't be necessary as we can hopefully win the CAA tournament.
In other news we are tied for first in the conference with Drexel and Northeastern who all stand at 2-0 in conference play. A half game back are ODU, GMU, VCU, Towson, Georgia State, and Hofstra who are all 1-1. Complete Conference standings.
The Seahawks face Coastal Carolina next on Saturday at 7:00 in Trask. I will not be in attendance as I will be out of town visiting family. But every one get out there so we can get this loss behind us.
Enjoy the win Wisconsin. I hope it's sweet. Though not nearly as sweet for you as it is bitter for us here in Wilmington.
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