I don't know how many people watched Duke play Seton Hall tonight, but if not you missed one of the most dominant games I've ever seen. Seton Hall went up 2-0. 22 missed shots later, it was 26-4 and all but over. The freshmen from Duke were really impressive, which bodes well for the future. They lose 4 seniors from this year's team, but the team lines up perfectly for next year. Paulus, Nelson, Pocius, Boykin and McRoberts start, Boateng and McClure off the bench, plus next year's freshmen. But this year, they're definitely the favorites to win it all. Just a brilliant performance all the way around, and I like the fact that even when they were up by 50 points, they were still playing defense like they were losing.
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One of the few perks of working in academia is that I can take the occasional day off for no reason at all. I handed in my grades yesterday, and spring beak starts Monday, so I can feel free to take the afternoon off to sit on my ass and watch some basketball.
Some guys on a mailing list that I'm on were talking about a game they were playing during breaks in the NCAA tournamnent last weekend, trying to come up with appropriate alternate mascots for colleges and universities.
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