In the opener Miami manhandled Saint Mary's and we got to see Jack McClinton light it up for 38 points, 32 in the 2nd half alone. I did get to use all my Catholic jokes also, which took me well into the 2nd half, spurred on by the Saint Mary's fans holding up a couple of signs that read "God is a Gael". Their mascot is a Gael in case you weren't aware, and apparently Jack McClinton is Satan on a really good day if we're to believe their sign.
The next game up was sort of fun at least, as despite Texas' manhandling of Austin Peay we got to boo everything Texas did and cheer wildly for Austin Peay thanks to Texas' coach Barnes and his inflammatory statements about Arkansas earlier in the week. Too bad Austin Peay sucked, but I must say yelling "Let's Go Peay!" never really gets old.
We got a break between sessions and took the shuttle over to the River Market only to find about 2 billion people over there also. I found a tiny spot on the end of the bar at The Flying Saucer and munched a bit of non-overpriced food and drained a beer before just walking around and people watching some. There was also a cool car show going on with some sweet hot rods that was fun.
Back to Alltel Arena for the night session and our best game of the day as Mississippi State came roaring back from 10 points down with just over 10 minutes left to win by 7 over Oregon. Charles Rhodes poured in 34 points in the days second best performance but at least Oregon gets the award for hottest dance team/cheerleaders of the day. Of note; their duck mascot thing should be paying Disney for blatantly ripping off Donald Duck as he's identical, pant less and all.
The final game of the night saw Memphis steamroll UT-Arlington with help from 9 of 20 shooting from the 3 point line. I was pretty hooped out by that point and another blowout didn't help much, but some highlight reel dunks and blocks plus the occasionally announcements of the Razorback score brought a lot of cheers.
Should be 2 decent games on tap for Sunday though, with Mississippi State taking a whack at Memphis and Texas getting it on with Miami.
Here's my All Focused Distortion Team for Day 1:
Jack McClinton (Miami) 38 pts
A.J. Abrams (Texas) 26 pts
Chris Douglas (Memphis) 23 pts 7 rebs
Charles Rhodes (Miss St) 34 pts 9 rebs
Frank Mills (St Mary's) 24 pts 5 asts
God (St Mary's) he didn't do much, but hey it's God
Here's a few pics from the day:
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