well, at about 8:45 tonight i was, in my mind, writing my treatise on The Williams Postulate (bottom line: roy williams doesn't win tournament games against good coaches, even when favored), to the point that i was trying to figure out the starting five in the incomparable vaughn-haase-pollard-lafrentz lineup of the mid-90's (was pierce really the fifth?). i was also preparing an essay on why the five-man basketball played by the pitt panthers is superior to having star power.

but, alas, duke falls apart and wade and the boys are just too good and, for real, i'm out of the bigflax.com tournament challenge. i can deal, but this is a bitter pill to swallow.

a lot of announcer bashing goes on this time of year, particularly reserved for one billy packer. and, while i've never been one to engage in such (packer) bashing, i feel obliged to tonight. the man spent the entire second half hammering home two points: one, that duke needed to find redick, that he wouldn't, couldn't keep missing. of course, this proved flat wrong, as mr. redick's 1-for-12 shooting would indicate. secondly, he continued to insist that jeff graves' fouls were hurting kansas, when, in fact, mr. williams (he of the Postulate) stated that the jayhawks were playing better with a smaller lineup. i'd say that graves was only in down the stretch due to hinrich's foul trouble.

finally, is hinrich the ugliest player left in the tournament? if he's a lottery pick (as sports illustrated speculated), will he be the ugliest ever? just wondering.