This may be the last time I beat this particular horse, though I can't promise that.
Texas coach Rick Barnes never has been one to tell 299-pound sophomore center Dexter Pittman to take advantage of his weight.But the UT coach changed his thinking during Friday night's NCAA South Regional semifinal against Stanford's two 7-foot giants. It paid huge returns, as Pittman leaned, pushed and shoved the Cardinal's Lopez twins during a critical second-half stretch that paved the way to the Longhorns' 82-62 Sweet 16 victory in front of a pro-Texas crowd of 32,931 at Reliant Stadium.
The layout of Reliant was horrible last night. We sat in Row J of the club level and while the seats weren't that high vertically from the court, it felt like we were about half a mile horizontally from the court. It's my understanding that this was a test case for the NCAA. It failed...and quite frankly, they need to only use basketball arenas for basketball games.
Posted by: Derek on March 29, 2008 6:25 PM