All that's left is an unhappy ending

Hey, Megs,

Well, the first day of the tournament has come and gone with not terribly much to report but can you believe that Belmont-Duke game?!? What a heartbreaker! Ugh, it's like a gutshot just to think about it. We turned it on pretty early in the game, and Belmont was keeping it close. Kevin (a Belmont alumnus, mind you) just hearkened back to past years when Belmont played close against UCLA and Georgetown for a while, but eventually got stomped.

But the funny things kept happening, right? Belmont kept keeping it close. Sure, they went down by 10 at one point, and I thought, well, it was fun while it lasted. But then they kept hitting crazy threes and back-door passes and sprints to the hole

AP Photo/Susan Walsh, via espn.com

and then they were up and then they were down by one and then they turned over the inbounds pass and then the Duke guy missed his free-throw and then they had the ball with 2.1 seconds left and then the guy got the shot off from mid-court and then . . . it was just SO CLOSE! Ach.

photo via deadspin.com

I know it's being said across the country this morning, as it was said last night, and as it has been said from October through March every year for years and years and years, but man, do I hate Duke.

There was a nice little poetic post about the loss on Deadspin. I particularly love the title. Click on the sad picture above for a link, or click here.

We're at t-minus 8 hours, 17 minutes until the 'Dores tip-off. And one hour, 12 minutes until I start watching games on my computer at work. Thank you, March Madness on Demand!

Go 'Dores!

Hey, if I don't post anything else till then, Happy Easter! We're headed to the zoo tomorrow for "Eggstravaganzoo" '08. Should be a blast.

love, molly

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