George Mason done: UCLA vs. Florida
It’s official. On Monday, UCLA will play Florida for the NCAA Tournament Championship. Though both LSU and George Mason had become favorites for their unique characters and unlikely place in the Final Four, neither was able to come back from a double-digit deficit.
The loss to UCLA will likely hurt the NBA draft stock of Tyrus Thomas and Glen Davis. Neither player was able to get it going, Thomas was in foul trouble, and Davis shooting horribly from the field.
Florida won by fifteen, 73-58. Joakim Noah had a relatively quiet game compared to the rest of his NCAA tournament stats, scoring 12 points and grabbing 8 boards in 26 minutes, along with a handful of blocks.
The NBA is ruling that the tights worn by players are against the dress code, except if they are used for therapeutic reasons. The tights have become popular after Lebron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwayne Wade, and many more of the league’s premier players.
Kevin Garnett tried to explain the tights, saying “our legs swell when we fly. We have so much swelling of the joints and stuff. When you have elbows with bursitis going on, swelling of the knees … you need those tights.”
I don’t see how tights are abusing the dress code, so if players are willing to take the garbage of wearing them, so be it…