This note’s for you, Coby Karl. We’re rootin’ you in, kid. …
Enough already with this stuff about Texas’ Kevin Durant being the best freshman hoops player ever. The best freshman ever wasn’t allowed to play as a freshman. I won’t mention his name, but there’s a rumor they had him in mind when they instituted the Lew Alcindor Rule. …
So what happened when they finally let the Performer Later Known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar play? He went for 56 in his first game as a sophomore. …
The Sweet 16 has arrived and all four No. 1 seeds are alive. Not that that’s subject to change, but six of the past 20 No. 1s have made it to the Final Four. …
Fine. Rub it in. Just because the office chia pet has cleaner brackets than mine doesn’t mean I’m a bad guy. …
So you’re the GM of the NBA lottery winner and you’ve got the first pick in the draft. Which future all-star do you take? The answer is a question: What part of go big or go home don’t you get? …
The lottery hasn’t even been held and already Celtics GM Danny Ainge is talking to Durant’s family. You don’t suppose the Patrick Ewing conspiracy theorists noticed, do you? Nah, didn’t think so. …
How much better would Durant make the Celts? Let’s put it this way: Ainge could be their sixth man. …
ESPN, which brought us poker and darts on TV, reportedly is planning to televise a Rock/Paper/Scissors competition. First one to call them athletes has to take a whiff of Tom Nalen’s practice T-shirt. …
Bucs GM Bruce Allen says he’s still confident that Jake Plummer will see the light and unretire. Right. A guy who drives a Honda Element hasn’t saved his money. …
My favorite March Madness name? I give you Temple center Lady Comfort. …
Just wondering: If she plays lousy, do they diss Comfort? …
OK, OK, I’ll just shut up and type. …
That 4 1/2-point spread on the Ohio State-Tennessee game? Right line, wrong team favored. Unless, of course, Bruce Pearl gets docked points for that orange sports coat. …
Great news. The Pony Express just arrived with word that the Broncos signed Patrick Ramsey. …
The Cubs have a pitcher named Rocky Cherry. Why am I thinking the kid loves Ben & Jerry’s ice cream? …
ESPN hoops analyst Jay Bilas on a certain one-sided tourney matchup: “If you’ve got a lion going against a Patriot, the lion is going to kick his butt.” Oh, really. “Jay must not follow the NFL,” writes the Detroit Free Press’ Steve Schrader. …
Spurs guard Tony Parker, coming off an All-Star Game appearance, reportedly has the No. 2 rap song on the French music charts. Sorry, bubba, but you’ll always be Mr. Eva to me. …
Talk about a chip off the old backboard. Which one’s Lon Kruger and which one’s Kevin? …
By the way, that sound off in the distance, the one that keeps growing louder by the minute? It’s the Steve Alford-to-New Mexico rumor. From what I’m hearing, it wouldn’t break a lot of hearts in Hawkeye country. …
North Carolina’s Tyler Hansbrough, when asked by reporters about The Mask, which he tossed away vs. Michigan State: “It’s like a little bee around your face that you just try to slap away, but it won’t go away.” …
Not sure if Ben Howland is going to win it all. Question is, does he still have the top college hoops team in his own town? Watch out for Tim Floyd, last seen building a monster program at Southern Cal. …
The best hoops conference in the country this season? Let’s put it this way. Oregon lost seven games in the Pac-10. And if you need more proof, check out the Sweet 16, home of three Pac-10 teams.
Jim Armstrong can be reached at 303-954-1269 or jmarmstrong@denverpost.com.
