UNLV/TCU and DEN/DAL and Linsanity

UNLV is about 30 points better than TCU. For much of the game, we were up between 8 and 16 points. Then, with about 9 minutes to go, we stopped playing. At that point, nobody, including TCU was thinking they had a chance. But, once they cut it to 6 they started to believe and the few fans who were there got into it. By the time they forced OT, it was over. Gross. This definitely hurts worse than Wyoming. Probably knocks us down to a 4 seed. Oh, well.

The Nuggets tonight were a different team than the one I saw in December. This seems obvious if you follow basketball.

Seeing Shawn Marion the last three nights has been fun. Playing great D (and rebounding, and scoring) against CP and the Clips and Lawson and the Nugs, and his appearance supporting our Rebs last night. He was incredibly gracious with the fans. The only time he seemed to get annoyed was when one TCU frat dude tried to take a pic with him. First, Shawn's friend got up out of his seat so the dude could sit next to Shawn, then he offered to take the pic. As he's about to, Shawn notices the dude is putting up the frog hand symbol and is like wtf you doin'? Made him put that thing away. Funny.

Tomorrow, no basketball. There's a greater than 0 chance I'll ignore the Mavs/Sixers on Friday. I'm sure Saturday will be full, and then on Sunday the Mavs travel to MSG to take on Linsanity. Summer League can be deceiving (see: Bellinelli), but Lin looked really good a couple years ago out in Vegas. I had heard of him at Harvard and seen him play a couple times, but was surprised in Vegas. He was what you want in a guard - attacking on both ends, always hustlin', making smart decisions and good passes. Not a great shooter, but that's ok. But, I didn't see him getting minutes with the Mavs, so while I was upset, I wasn't surprised when he signed with GSW. I was surprised, however, at his lack of PT. When he was cut and signed with NYK, I was surprised, but happy (I somehow missed the whole HOU pitstop). NYK needed him. But, again he wasn't playing, and I assumed he was a mirage, as people are apt to see in the desert. Needless to say, I'm not surprised by his success. He'll never be DRose or CP, but he's a good spark guard on the right team and this current run is awfully fun.

ps I'm tired of Kate Upton. The dougie video was sexy as hell, but damn, she's fucking everywhere.