Random Praise

This is a new thing I'm not used to, but I'm going to say some nice things about Georgetown basketball.

John Thompson III has very quietly put together excellent seasons of Georgetown basketball all while keeping out of the headlines for the wrong things, despite being right by Washington D.C. They have put together a bunch of quality seasons lately and Thompson has handled all the media circus of being John Thompson Sr. kid coaching the same basketball team daddy did with amazing grace, like royalty. I just noticed Georgetown quietly snuck to No. 8 and have a chance to possibly rise to the top 5 with a win over a relatively untested Villanova team. I stayed away from betting on this game on my streak for the cash because I'm not sure on either team. I love that Georgetown just plays tough D, old-school basketball where they bang and grind it out rather than run-and-gun. It is disconcerting that Syracuse piss-pounded them however. Bottom line: Georgetown is successful again and that's quite a feat considering how quickly they fell off the face of college basketball with the retirement of Thompson Sr.

Shout outs to Serena Williams for being unreal and beating Justine Henin, who needs props for coming out of retirement to smack around everyone else in the women's game besides the unreal Serena. Truly, if Henin had any physical size she would be in the pantheon with Steffi Graf. Serena bludgeons the other females with incredible physical ability and the desire to win like all great champions posses. Henin has all the tools and game. Her backhand is something I would murder for. She's in great condition, but when you're 5' 3" and 100 pounds, you can't hit with the same velocity as a Serena. Henin would've been unstoppable in the early 90's. She even has a solid net game. She has a chance at Wimbledon because of that, but that's where Venus and her great serve will pistol whip everyone else again.

Federer gets no shout-out, he's just simply the best to play the game who I already talked about a few posts ago.

Just trying to pay credit where credits due. I'll be revisiting this random praise thing on a regular basis I feel. I think it's a good thing in the words of Martha Stewart.