Near the end of the Missouri/Marquette game today, a Marquette player was out of bounds making a routine in-bounds pass. He accidentally stepped partially in-bounds before making said pass, thus committing a violation that gave Missouri the ball, and the ballgame. The CBS sports color commentator said it best:
"If he'd been wearing size 11 shoes instead of size 13s, that wouldn't have been a problem."
Mizzou heads to Glendale, AZ for a "Sweet 16" matchup with Memphis next weekend. They'll likely get run over but let's hear it for them, anyway. They've set a new school record for wins in a season, won the conference tournament and advanced deep into the NCAA Tournament. They've come a very long way from the days of Quin Snyder and the infamous Ricky Clemons Affair.
P.S. - did you know there's such a place as Richard Stockton College? Seriously. It's in New Jersey. Their basketball team lost the NCAA D-III men's basketball championship to our own Washington University Bears yesterday. Tip o' the hat to Wash U. coach Mark Edwards for building a real D-III powerhouse.
P.P.S. - Can you guess who Richard Stockton was? Without consulting Wikipedia or your encyclopedia set?
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Had no idea who he was. Thought he was a contestant on Survivor or something. Had to look it up on Wikipedia though.... Not the same Stockton who funded Culver-Stockton College in Canton either....
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