Upset Wednesday?

Love college basketball.

Love it.

Especially when upsets occur and spin your entire perception of who is good and who is bad.

Last night there were numerous upsets. This will surely have a huge effect upon the rankings, but more importantly gave us insight into weaknesses of the top teams.

Virginia Tech 78, Wake Forest 71
Tech has beaten three number 1 seeds in the last three years. This was the first time it occurred on the road. This makes you think though, if Virginia Tech can consistently beat number 1 seeds (or come close, they lost on last second shots twice in the last two years also) why the hell can't they play against everybody else?
So far, 4 games into conference play Duke is the only undefeated team in the ACC. The ACC is good and with 4 of the top 10 teams in the nation, I think is better than the Big East.

Northwestern 70, Michigan State 63
Northwestern has now beaten two ranked teams in a row (after screwing my Streak on ESPN by beating Minnesota). Also by winning they ended Michigan State's 28-game home winning streak which was tied for third longest in the nation. So you would think they are a pretty decent team right?

Right?

Those two wins took their conference record to 2-4. They did barely lose to Purdue earlier this year, but need to put together a consistent performance against every team, not just the good ones.

The only team with a worse conference record in the Great Lakes 11 is Indiana. Which makes me think, "Yikes! What was Tom Crean thinking! He left the best trio of guards at Marquette to coach a poor team that was run into the ground by Kelvin "Cheaters Never Prosper" Sampson.

Florida 69, South Carolina 70
One of the coolest plays I have ever seen. I still dont get how bad Florida's defense was so bad. Just take a watch via ESPN, here.

Bryant University 51, New Jersey Institute of Technology 61
NJIT ended a 51 game winning streak in the process holding Bryant, 3-16, to 51 points. How ironic?

NJIT's mascot: The Highlanders.

I would make some wise crack about the TV show/Movie Highlander coming to kill someone or avoid death, but I really dont even know what to say. Suggestions are welcome.



In non-sports related news, I just caught the film Reign of Fire on AMC today. Its a movie from 2002 about how there are only a small amount of humans left on Earth because Dragons (who do spit fire) have taken over.

I remember the previews looked awful especially because the big star at the time was Matthew "Shirtless" McConaughey;I chose to watch it today because it also had Pre-Batman Christian Bale.

Bale was decent, but after seeing him in Batman, was no where near as cool. Shirtless on the other hand fit his character perfectly. Crazy army general who is a dragon slayer ready to jump at the first chance to kill something and has no regard for his own men's lives.

The reason I am telling about this movie (I know, get to the point already!) is that do you think McConaughey just runs around all day pretending to be a war general?

I bet you he goes to the gym and hides behind excercise equipment just to scare the crap out of some poor girl trying to get in shape because of a New Year's resolution she won't follow.

Seriously, can't you just imagine him running around some neighborhood sneaking in peoples bushes with a fake gun and war paint just to pop out and shoot water in their face! He's probably directing his dog to flank him on the attack and gets peeved when it just runs up and starts humping the yard gnome!

My idea for a movie:
"A day in the life of McConaughey:
How the dilusional live"

Or atleast a reality show...


Your takes are appreciated and I will preview the weekend tomorrow!

DDSF