Final Four Bound

Uconn has two teams in the Final Four.  And while the girl's basketball team was expected to do well in the tournament, it's the men team that has shocked the nation behind our star, Kemba Walker.  

Okay, so I'm a typical Uconn fan who has too much pride in their team if they are fans of basketball.  I know plenty of people who graduated from Uconn like myself and have no interest in our sports teams.  But I have stuck by the team throughout the years, thanks to growing up watching the basketball games with my family.

The beginning of this year looked like 2006, where basically the whole team was freshmen and underclassmen with very little experience.  Unlike 2006 though, we have Kemba Walker who has shocked all those who doubted us at the beginning of the year and brought the team not only the Big East Championship but now as the highest ranking team in the Final Four.

The reason this team has been so successful is due to Kemba Walker (Number 15 in the picture above).  He basically dominates every game and his name comes up more so then any other player on the court.  He is getting all sorts of awards this year and is on track to graduate early which more then likely means he's going to the NBA.  Any fan should wish that he ends up staying but after the season he has had, he will be leaving.  When I was a senior at Uconn, my roommate and I would talk about how he constantly messed up, dribbling into traffic and losing the ball.  Now, he has learned to protect the ball and he makes shots that I can not believe actually go in.


Jeremy Lamb, the freshman pictured with Kemba, has become my favorite player on the team.  Now all of the freshmen are pretty awesome, they are all really good players, and step up.  HOWEVER, Lamb is a silent killer, he just does things amazingly with little to no reaction.  See that face in the picture?  That's the face he has when he just sinks a HUGE three, or even on news reports.  He is NOT affected by the hype at all.  Kemba has a confident swag about him, but Lamb's swag is so quiet that if you don't pay attention, you don't notice it.

Unlike most people who cheer for professional teams, I love college basketball.  Saturday means Final Four time, with no teams who were expected to make it to the end are in the mix.  And now I will be watching, with my friends more then likely laughing at me, at my favorite place on Saturday.  Come enjoy the show on Saturday....