Gardner Webb vs UConn

A valiant effort by the "Running" Gardner Webb team was not enough to upset the prepared UConn Huskies. Raw talent and athleticism tramped experience and fundamentals in this MSG game which had Dick Vitale eating cupcakes baby!



Vitale managed to stir the pot by mentioning that Rick Pitino ordered 15 Gardner Webb t-shirts after they beat Kentucky, but he later retracted it. But back to the game, Gardner Webb tried hard and did their best, but they were simply not fast enough, long enough or skilled enough or athletic enough to match up with the UConn Huskies. Samba Fall was probably the only one to come close to UConn in terms of athleticism. Not be confused with SMU's Bamba Fall and Matt Doherty's classic "I love coaching Bamba Fall".

AJ Price, who will probably have a long career advertising laptop computers after his basketball career is over, had a solid game and put points on the board. This Huskies team can be really fast, providing they don't fumble the ball during transition. There's a lot of raw but also untapped talent on the team, like Stanley Robinson, Hasheem Shot-Blocking Thabeet, Curtis Kelly, Jerome Slice-n-Dyson, and the Helen of Troy of the Big East (Doug Wiggins). Not to be confused with the Helen of Troy of the Big Ten (Eric Gordon). In case it didn't make sense, that was Dennis Miller-esque joke ;-)

With the holiday shopping season rapidly approaching, here is an idea for the perfect gift for the hardcore basketball fan: Official 2007 NCAA tournament DVDs, produced by NCAA on Demand.

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