Yesterday was the greatest day! First the weather was perfect, second I was out and about chatting it up with friends watching the NCAAB championships, and third UCLA got shut down. The final (beautiful) score was Memphis 78 and UCLA with 63. The UCLA Bruins couldn’t pull it off, they were so very close but the Memphis Tigers were too strong.
At first I thought UCLA was going to hang in there, that it was going to be an awesome match up. I’ve been pumped about this and looking forward to the show down for a couple of days. In fact, I was surveying some of my work colleagues and they too were just as excited. Especially since some of them attended UCLA.
I have a little confession I went to that other school. (Just so you know I’m proud of it!) Even though, I did not attend UCLA I was slightly pulling for them – Pac 10 school and all. (A teeny, insty, bitty bit – maybe the size of the white stripe in my French manicure). Hey, if it were the other way around ‘SC vs. Memphis I know the Bruins wouldn’t cheer for the Trojans – I’m just sayin’!
There was so much talk about Kevin Love. My officemates talked about him like he was a God. I was ready to see what he was all about, was he going to bring it our what? Love didn’t stand a chance next to the Tigers defense, they held him to 12 points – geez. The good news for the Bruins is that he is just a freshman so he has time to grow. I’m positive March Madness has been a great learning experience for him.
I can not remember who it was, it’s all such a fantastic blur … was it Memphis’ Chris Douglas-Robert or Derrick Rose that performed the wonderful slam dunk with less than 5 minutes in the game? I can’t remember … but that is neither here nor there. The fact is that was my WHOO-AH moment. Wait, I remember, the slam dunker was Antonio Anderson.
(Check out the NCAA photo gallery at USA Today)
I know you remember, the Scent of a Woman movie with Al Pacino and baby faced , Chris O’Donnell – that’s what came to mind when Antonio slammed it. That was the explanation point, that was the high five moment, that was (for those that read Oprah’s magazine) the Ah-ha moment, that is the “that’s right!” moment, that was the fat lady singing, that was me clinking Heineken’s with a big grin moment – WHOO-AH!!
nah nah nah nah, nah nah nah nah, hey hey hey… goodbye!