PITT SENIOR ISHMAEL LEGGETT WAS CELEBRATED ON SENIOR DAY, MARCH 8 AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE, A PITT 93-67 WIN. (PHOTO
BY MARLON MARTIN)
:10—But…before we get to the madness, let’s get to the crazy! And this is about as crazy as it gets. But, and I digress again, I told you back in September 2024 at the start of the NBA season that what LeBron James is planning to do is wrong for him, wrong for his son and wrong for everyone involved within a ten mile radius of the L.A. Lakers. (And if you research that Pittsburgh Courier article, you will also see the names of those who didn’t agree with me. And in the interest of maintaining their celebrity status, I won’t bring up their names again…don’t thank me, I am fair like that. Smile!)
:09—And here’s why, and LeBron can come after me if he wants. But he don’t know I’ve got “Rick Murphy” getting my back! #1. Bronny James wasn’t the best player on his high school team. #2. He wasn’t the best player on his only one year USC college team. #3. He got smuggled on to the McDonald’s H.S. All-American Classic because of his dad (so now you want to tell me that those things don’t mean he couldn’t become a pro) except that it does. Because he’s just not good enough and I don’t understand why people just can’t accept that. It’s not the worst thing in the world. He knows it, LeBron knows it, and everyone in the Laker franchise knows it. The players may high five him in practice, but trust me, they’re low-balling him at “the club!”
:08—One more thing for those of you who want to insist that this form of nepotism is OK because “they” do it all the time. Trust me when I tell ya, there’s a big difference when your dad owns a corporation and he’s teaching you the ropes after you graduated from college, slowly but surely.. compared to when you’re being physically embarrassed in front of 20,000 people for all to see. Pleaseeeee Stop It!!!
:07—Let’s Go Dancing! Locally your Pitt Panthers have had a tough go of it. But when you loose a Blake Hinson, Carlton Carrington and Federiko Federiko, it’s going to hurt. They will need to win the ACC Tournament to go dancing. Likewise, with your Duquesne Dukes. New head coach Dru Joyce is still forging his way in the Atlantic 10 Conference. But the best is yet to come. Admittedly there are games they look like they can beat anyone…and then vice versa. And the same holds true for Robert Morris. Coach Andy Toole and his Colonials would have had to win the Horizon League Tournament to secure an automatic bid. Unfortunately, the same holds true for each of Pittsburgh’s premier women’s college teams.
:06—The NCAA Tournament invites 68 teams to the Big Dance for men and women. The tip off for March Madness begins March 18 in Dayton. Selection Sunday is March 16 on CBS.
:05—Here’s the countdown. First Four, March 18-19; First Round, March 20-21; Second Round, March 22-23; Sweet Sixteen, March 27-28; Elite Eight, March 29-30; Final Four, April 5, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas; and NCAA Championship, April 7, at the Alamodome.
:04—Here are the AP Top Ten listings: #1 Auburn, #2 Duke, #3 Houston, #4 Tennessee, #5 Florida, #6 St. John’s, #7 Alabama, #8 MI State, #9 Texas Tech, #10 Iowa State.
:03—Your ACC favorites to win could include Duke, Louisville or Clemson. Your A-10 hopefuls could be VCU, George Mason, Dayton or Loyola Chicago.
:02—For the record, the Pitt men’s basketball program won National Championships in 1928 and 1930. Been a while! The Duquesne Dukes won the national title in 1955.
:01—AND FOR YOUR BELATED BLACK HISTORY RECORD…IN 1957 THE TENNESSEE A&I TIGERS BECAME THE FIRST HBCU TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP, WINNING THREE IN A ROW 1957, 1958 AND 1959. THE TEAM IS NOW KNOWN AS TENNESSEE STATE UNIV. AND IN 1966 TEXAS WESTERN COLLEGE, NOW UTEP, DEFEATED THE GIANT UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY TO WIN THE NATIONAL TITLE WITH FIVE BLACK STARTERS (YOU CAN RELIVE THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENT WATCHING THE SPORTS MOVIE CLASSIC GLORY ROAD!)
:00—LET’S DANCE!
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