{"id":6122,"date":"2010-03-24T21:14:28","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6122"},"modified":"2010-03-24T21:18:47","modified_gmt":"2010-03-25T04:18:47","slug":"the-peterson-principle-32410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6122","title":{"rendered":"The Peterson Principle 3\/24\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Jeff Jordan, son of some guy named Michael, is at Illinois<\/p><\/div>\n

There were a lot of upsets this weekend \u2013 Northern Iowa beat Kansas, St. Mary\u2019s knocked off Villanova, Washington surprised New Mexico and the Democrats stunned the Republicans on a late three pointer by Barry Obama to put Healthcare U over the top.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

While I don\u2019t really need to be reminded I am every year when March rolls around. The NCAA Basketball Tournament (AKA March Madness) is the best thing going.<\/p>\n

While I was watching Ali Farokhmanesh pull up and bury a three to seal the win for Northern Iowa and the next day seeing Korie Lucious drain a buzzer beating game winner for Michigan State, I was thinking\u2026isn\u2019t anybody from the NCAA rules committee taking notes and thinking of a way to fix college football?<\/p>\n

Millions, no billions, of dollars could be made on a college football playoff system. Think of a do or die game between USC and Alabama where the winner could face Texas in the Final. That\u2019s the topic for another column. And it will be written. That\u2019s a dead horse that needs to be beaten. Back to the greatest show on earth.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are a few familiar names that have been popping up in the Tournament. Former NBA players Ralph Sampson, Glen Rice, and John Lucas all have sons that participated in the Madness. Ralph Sampson III played for Minnesota, Jai Lucas suited up for Texas and Glen Rice Jr. is at Georgia Tech.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other notable sons playing college basketball and their famous fathers are Mychel Thompson at Pepperdine and Klay Thompson at Washington State \u2013 Mychal Thompson, Larry Drew II at North Carolina \u2013 Larry Drew, Luke Sikma at Portland \u2013 Jack Sikma, and Malcom Washington at Penn- Denzel Washington. Oh and Jeff Jordan at Illinois and Marcus Jordan at Central Florida \u2013 father is some guy named Michael.<\/p>\n

I almost forgot former Kentucky Coach Tubby Smith was still around until I saw him sitting on the Minnesota bench guiding the Gophers.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Despite a couple shockers, there are still three number one seeds (Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse) and three number twos (Ohio State, West Virginia, Kansas State) still alive in the sweet sixteen.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0No wonder Kansas State is playing so well. Coach Frank Martin has the look of a guy that you don\u2019t want to mess with.<\/p>\n

\u00a0Best name in the tournament- If it\u2019s not Farokhmanesh, it\u2019s Tweety Carter of Baylor. Carter has chirped his way to 15 points per game this season and has led Baylor into the sweet sixteen.<\/p>\n

\u00a0No disrespect to St. Mary\u2019s, who has played the role of Cinderella perfectly so far, but Villanova was ranked way too high at a number two seed. Has anybody seen Scottie Reynolds?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Duke was thought to have the easiest road to the final four when the brackets were first announced but with Purdue and either Baylor or St. Mary\u2019s still in the way the path is no walk in the park.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I like Kyle Singler and Jon Scheyer but they\u2019ll never make anybody forget Grant Hill and Christian Laettner. Whatever happened to Bobby Hurley?<\/p>\n

\u00a0Unless it\u2019s Vin Scully, Dick Enberg, Bob Miller or the late Chick Hearn, I\u2019m usually critical of announcers. But I could listen to Gus Johnson call tournament games all day on CBS.<\/p>\n

\u00a0As with all John Calipari coached teams, while Kentucky has been brought back to prominence and into the sweet sixteen, my next thought is – when is the hammer going to fall?<\/p>\n

\u00a0While Obama may have won in healthcare he lost in his brackets. The President had second round loser Kansas winning the whole thing. He\u2019s currently drawing up a bill that will have the government select the winner of the NCAA champion beginning in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u00a0I like Kentucky, Duke, Syracuse and Northern Iowa in the final four with Kentucky beating Syracuse in the final. After the game the NCAA will hit Kentucky with severe sanctions including suspension from post season play for two years for the illegal recruitment of players.<\/p>\n

\u00a0That\u2019s my principle.<\/p>\n

Tim can be reached at tspeterson32@yahoo.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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