The Full Spotlight

The college basketball season kicks off this weekend and with the NBA acting like a bunch of babies, we should see a surge in the love for college basketball.  You will see a true love for the game as these young men compete all across the country and ratings will probably be at an all-time high.  You won't see grown men complaining about making 5, 10 or 15 million a year while really old men say they're losing money, but for some reason refuse to show their books.  It's all ridiculous.  However, we will see UNC & Michigan State battling on a Navy Carrier for our troops.  That's awesome.

I'm excited to see how the early games turn out, especially the Vandy/Oregon and Belmont/Duke games along with the UNC/Michigan State matchup.  Will Vanderbilt be able to live up to the hype of being the 7th ranked team in the country.  We're talking about Vanderbilt here!  They're never ranked 7th in anything except maybe men's tennis (killer back hands).  One of the important things I learned from Coach Pitino about evaluating a team was the amount of seniors, and more specifically senior guards.  For that reason, I think Vanderbilt is going to be able to live up the new expectations and be a serious contender this season with their experience in the backcourt.

As for the Tar Heels and Spartans, it's a good thing that Hansbrough isn't playing anymore because I wouldn't be surprised if he dove over the side going for a lose ball.  That's a long fall.  Heels by 12.