Man…the way the last two major sporting event championships have gone — the Super Bowl and the NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship — have me eagerly anticipating the NBA Finals and baseball World Series. We’ve had an absolutely unbelievable year in terms of historic championship games, and it’s only April.
Remember David Tyree’s catch in the Super Bowl? Well, now Mario Chalmers of the University of Kansas has equaled Tyree in terms of championship heroism. Chalmers drained a 3-pointer with two seconds left in regulation to tie the game, as his Jayhawks went on to stun the University of Memphis in overtime for this year’s college basketball championship. It was one of the most exciting games I’ve ever watched, along with this year’s Super Bowl.
Of course they shouldn’t have even been in a position to tie. Memphis choked big time, missing four of five free throws in the final two minutes. Unbelievable. One more made FT would have given them the game without a need for OT.
We’re in for a great rest of 2008 in sports.
Yawn. Another win by a big time basketball school. The tournament is really getting boring with the same schools and same conferences winning it all the time.