Sunday, March 27, 2005
Martial arts basketball
I saw part of the Louisville-West Virginia basketball game yesterday. There was a guard on the Louisville team by the name of Taquan Dean; the announcers kept referring to him by his full name instead of his first or last name, and it came out sounding like "Taekwondo". The guy was amazing; he hit seven 3-pointers to force overtime and steal a win after Louisville had lost their best player, Francesco Garcia, due to fouls. West Virginia led by 20 in the first half and shot 67% from the 3-point line, and by most measures should have won, but I guess there was no defense against a crafty opponent that added a little bit of "martial arts" to their game.