i'm over it

yeah, it took me a while. but ucla's loss on saturday to a far more athletic memphis team has lost its sting.

derrick rose practically owned darren collison. a shame, really. i doubt though that even with such shoddy performance, collison would still stay in school. i'd love to be proven wrong....

last night's chamionship game between kansas and memphis proved to be one of them great games. an overtime thriller even. memphis had that championship in sight... until it failed to make free throws.

while the championship game was definitely thrilling, i have also put that behind me (along with ucla's failure to bring home banner #12).

i am now eagerly awaiting next season when ucla's fab four comes in: jrue holiday, jerime anderson, malcolm lee and drew gordon. i am fairly certain that kevin love and collison will be gone. maybe russell westbrook too. but luc richard mbah a moute should stay and provide a leadership role to a young team. josh shipp should also stay. i'd love for alfred aboya to stay -- yeah, he fouls a lot, but he is tough. but from what i hear, he is graduating (from what i hear, he did it in 3 years with a 3.3 something GPA as a poli sci major). should be an interesting off season with new kids coming in and seasoned kids leaving.

ucla's three consecutive trips to the final four ain't bad. but, here's hoping next year will be THE year the bruins hang banner #12 at pauley.

meanwhile, on to the lakers...