Empty At The End

Duke lost. Peabs is probably still drinking, and if he is, good for him. Respect to Tom Izzo and his MSU boys, they deserve all the credit for taking Duke out of their offense and playing tough all game. It was alot of fun to watch.
Usually when Duke loses I am a nervous wreck, yelling at the TV and throwing things...you know, the usual. But last night I was eerily calm. Before the season (when all the "experts" were picking the Devils to finish fourth of fifth in the conference) I told myself that I wanted a Sweet Sixteen birth out of this team. That's it. Anything else would be gravy. As talented as this team is, this seemed like a fitting end to this season. No one expected them to win the ACC Tournament or earn a #1 seed in the tourney. It feels like two years ago when Duke lost to Kansas in the same round. They were a better team and deserved to move on. Same thing here.
I'm sad to see Daniel Ewing go. Believe it or not, but he is the winningest college basketball player ever (115-23). Think about that for a second. Wow. Good luck at the next level (wherever that may be) Daniel.
My favorite part of the end of the season is Coach K's post game press conference. It's almost if I can't be Ok with them losing until he says he is OK with it. And that's what he said last night. So I'm cool with it too. "You either want the season to end in jubilation or crying," Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said. "That emotion will actually show if you've had a great season. There's a lot of crying in our locker room. Not just because we lost, but because it's over. I'm proud of that and I love my team."

Fucking UNC got lucky.

Wow, other than those pesky bomb threats, apparently those Pistons fans are pretty cool.

Landon Donovan back to MLS?

Apparently Mylo rocked Rothko.

Best band name ever? The Smiths, obvs.

Make sure you read this. The New Yorker on Charles Bukowski. Good stuff.