Another old school jam, courtesy of Pitt Panther Jerome Lane (I couldn’t find one without loud annoying rap music, so make sure the volume is turned down):
College basketball junkies (as well as people who played blackjack with me at the Hard Rock in Vegas three years ago) know that this is the dunk which prompted one of the greatest live play-by-play calls of all-time from the legend, Bill Raftery, when he proclaimed:
“Sssssend it in, Jer-OME!!!!!!”
On to the notebook.
1. Bill Raftery - Now’s as good of a time as any to cover Raftery, who is hands-down the most entertaining basketball commentator. Send Billy FudgePACCer and Nantzy Boy to the idiot farm, and give me Bill the Thrill. Anyway - the top 4 Raftery expressions, according to RFS:
#4 - And the Shockers come out in… MANAMAN!!!
#3 - …wwwwwiTH the kiss!!
#2 - There’s a little lingerie on the deck…
#1 - To the tin… WITH ALACRITY!!!
2. Fearless Prognostications - Northern Iowa is a solid team and will cause significant problems in the Missouri Valley Conference this year. At the same time, while Washington is a solid team with size, they won’t hold up against a team with athletic big men.
In short, UNI gave them all they wanted last night, and in my opinion outplayed them, but I ended up pushing on that one. Stuckey only hung 25 on UNLV instead of my prediction of 30 , but Eastern Washington covered nevertheless. San Fran rolled. Fearless prognostications for tonight (with confidence weighting from 1-5):
(1 unit) Wisconsin-Milwaukee + 18 @ Michigan
(3 units) Kansas State + 2 @ Rutgers
(1 unit) Syracuse - 19 vs. Northeastern
(2 units) Georgetown -2 @ Vanderbilt
I think UWM continues its reputation as a feisty mid-major against Michigan continuing its reputation as a big-time school with a mid-major program. I think I’d put 10 units on Kansas State if it weren’t so damn early in the season (I’m telling you - Huggy Bear is building a monster up there. Hide the women and children… and the Jack).
I think Syracuse and Paul Harris put on a show in its string of 8 million straight non-conference home games. And unless there’s something I don’t know about Roy Hibbert’s health status, Georgetown destroys Vandy in Nashville. That’s another one I’d load up on if (a) G’Town weren’t streaky, (b) it wasn’t their first real (and road) game of the season, and (c) if Vandy didn’t have a weird home court.
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2 Responses to “College Hoops Notebook #2 - Jerome Lane Edition”
November 16th, 2006 at 3:14 pm
Hmm…so after checking these scores, it looks like you’re 7-0-1. Wow.
November 16th, 2006 at 5:01 pm
Very impressive picks. Glad I jumped on the RFS bandwagon and rode all four of these to profit.
“I was fouled”