- 4 years ago I lived and breathed Maryland basketball. I went to every home game and showed up 3 hours early. I spent hours every day scouring the internet for articles and message boards. I owned www.juandixon.com and updated it daily. Yesterday I completely forgot about our game against Georgia Tech. Wow.
- Holy shit this kid is good. No right foot yet, but for most of this he is like 7 years old. FUTBOL JESUS! http://www.bercasio.com/movies/jean_carlos.wmv
- I still haven't done my first poker post, cause I haven't wanted to acknowledge the vicious losing streak I was on. But now that I'm starting to win again, maybe I'll get on that. Does that make me a fair-weather fan of myself?
- Ha, reminiscing about the good old days of Maryland basketball reminds me of my favorite false rumor ever. After a particularly bitter loss in the last game of the regular season (must have been 2001) at Virginia, the fans rushed the court as the Terps were walking off. Within an hour after the game, there was a rumor that Steve Blake had gotten into a fight with a fan, which would clearly lead to a suspension in the upcoming ACC tournament, but that Matt Hahn, the walk-on benchwarming son of Assistant Coach Billy Hahn, was going to take the fall for Blake and say he did it. Such a great rumor because it was so believable. Steve Blake doesn't take shit from anyone, so it was easy to believe that he'd punch some drunken Wahoo. And Matt Hahn was the ultimate team player who knew the best way he could help his team is to take the bullet. Plus, all white people look alike so the league would never know the difference. I love the ACC.
- Coach K looks like Fredo. This is well-documented.
- I had a 9pm basketball game tonight, and I have a 10:40pm soccer game tomorrow. I get so fired up during the games that it takes me hours to calm down enough to sleep. I'm going to be tired by Friday.
- Speaking of false rumors, I read a hoax article that said John Goodman died. Another easy to believe lie. Damn those bastards. To spite them I am going to watch The Big Lebowski this week.
- Its pretty funny that I'm posting links here like anyone reads it. HA!
Monday, January 31, 2005
Miscellaneous Whatnot
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For those who know Sparks and I, you know we both love basketball. It is sad but I think I read every box score and recap of every NBA game. I could talk about it for hours, players, scenarios, strategies, whatever. So I read this post and it is funny how something random like Matt Hahn conjures up memories of college, so here's my Matt Hahn story.
I think I spent more time in the rec center playing ball then I did in class to the point where people knew who I was, not my name or anything mind you but just as that guy. I even had this one group of guys call me God but thats a whole other story. So anyway, it is my freshman year and I am shooting at one of the hoops on the "B" court waiting for a game on the "A" court. Clearly I didn't understand the distinction of the "A" and "B" court since this was my first year at the gym. So I am shooting and this random white guy comes up and starts shooting with me. I never asked his name. He is a decent player and cool enough where we start doing Globetrotter shit while we are shooting. Behind the back bounce passes, over the shoulder no look stuff setting up each other's shots. So we get on the "A" court and start playing and this guy is lights out. Just pushes the ball up the court and drains 3's from the top of the key. He might have hit 8 or 9 in a row, just pure. So after I get done playing, I walk into my dorm room and I have this schedule of the MD bball team on my wall with a picture of the team. I look at it randomly and do this double take. Holy crap! I just played with that guy...(staring at the wall) Matt Hahn? Who the hell is that? I come to find out (as Sparks said) he is this no name son of the coach who never plays except in garbage time and looks horrible on the court. Moral of the story: Juan is good.
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