So yesterday afternoon while I was at work, I decided to check in on Duke's opening game in the NCCA Men's Basketball Tournament.
The Duke Blue Devils are a #1 seed and they were playing a #16 seed, the Siena Saints.
Because I am a guy who does not know or even care much about sports, I really cannot handle the stress of a close game and much prefer whatever team I'm rooting for to engage in what I call a romp 'n' stomp.
Since Duke is a #1 seed and Siena is a #16, I expected a classic romp 'n' stomp.
What I found instead when I turned in at half time was Duke was DOWN by 11 points.
Duke was DOWN?!?! To THESE GUYS?!?!
Oh come on! This can NOT be happening!
Online there was a headline about the status of the game at half time: DUKE gets BURNT by SIENA!
You know, like the color, burnt sienna?
Some sports writer somewhere scored a once in a lifetime headline.
But would they be able to use that headline for the whole game?
Thankfully.... no.
Over the course of the 2nd half, Duke began playing more like what I expect from Duke but damn, it felt like like moving through proverbial molasses watching Duke overcome it's deficit and eventually pull ahead.
But it was no romp 'n' stomp!
Final score: 71 to 65.
What happened in the 1st half? Duke coach Jon Scheyer said, "I just got outcoached!"
I don't understand the intricate mechanics of basketball coaching. If I were to be plopped down in an arena somewhere and told to coach a team, my best advice would be "Put the ball through the hoop!"
Really, that's all I know.
Later in the evening, Andrea settled in to watch her beloved Carolina Tarheels play the VCU Rams.
Which was a good ol' fashioned romp 'n' stomp!
At one point, Carolina was leading by 19 points!
I was a bit jealous that Andrea was getting a romp 'n' stomp out of Carolina which is all I wanted out of Duke.
Carolina would eventually disavow me of that jealousy.
As VCU began to inch it's way out of the hole it was in and pushed the game to a tie, 75-75 and we're in overtime, folks!
Where VCU would go on to win, 82-78 in the largest 1st-round comeback in NCAA tournament history.
Even though I do not know or even care much about sports, I still thought that sucked.
Andrea who does care deeply about these things was prepared to commit Seppuku.
She was seriously bummed.
How is she today? Let's see....
Still in mourning, I see.
Which is why I am glad I do not know or care much about sports.
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