With a 5am wake up call and a jingle in heads, we headed south from the big arch to the little rock. Along the way, we came upon a gas station in Southern Missouri called Boomland. Now if you've ever wanted to start a "little somethin" in SoMo, Boomland is the place to do it. Its doors very clearly state a gun-free interior.
This same interior gave us our favorite food display of the trip to date. Hope you didn't leave your insulin in the car.
A pack of donuts in the "diabetic section" contained 26 grams of sugar per donut. Boomland, if you're reading...please, click here...preferably sooner than later.Soon enough we were in Little Rock. A sign declared the population to be 167, 342. Clearly "Little Rock population sign updater" is the worst job in the land.
Benetti drove to the arena and dropped us off in the lap of a "BBQ Truck." A smoked turkey leg and basket of fried catfish (both delicious) later, we headed inside to catch the two games.
It didn't take long for us to realize that Arkansans don't like their neighbors to the west too much. Everybody who's not rooting for Texas against Miami was adamantly booing the Longhorns. Unfortunately for them, UT had 3 key factors working for them in the game.
1) After Stanford head coach Trent Johnson's first half ejection from Saturday's 2nd round game against Marquette, Texas head coach Rick Barnes was no longer the last coach to be tossed from a tournament game.
2) A.J. Abrams was the only player on either team with an elbow sleeve. His game high 26 points was another example that you play better basketball when your elbow is warm.
3) The Texas Cheerleaders brought their "A' Game. They even changed their outfits at halftime to keep the Longhorn momentum going. Miami failed to follow suit (literally), and it proved disastrous for the 'Canes. See above for 1st Half outfit. See below for Half #2
X) As if the 3 factors weren't enough, the Longhorns had the only acceptable mascot of the remaining four teams. Memphis's tiger spent half the time feigning blindness (we can only guess this ploy relates to the "eye of the tiger"). Mississippi State's Bulldog doesn't fit into his own bulldog shirt...implying that the actual suit has put on weight. And Sebastian the Ibis (?) reminded us of an evil Donald Duck. Must be the pants.Congratulations Bevo The Steer, your team is in the Sweet 16.
Game #2 featured "Memphis West" cheering on its Tigers, elementary school free-throw shooting, and a flurry of props bets between me and the fan directly behind me. More on this in your chapter of "name our book."We hit the professional hardwood tomorrow. Huge playoff implications for the 9th place Nuggets in Memphis.
-LBK
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