The Drubbing

The other night I stumbled across the WWE’s 2009 Hall of Fame Induction show on the USA Network, and I wished they’d been showing reruns of Wings or even Becker. As expected, it was being filmed in some stadium in middle-America in front of a packed house. And I wondered, there’s a WWE (formerly WWF, formerly Worldwide Wrestling Federation) hall of fame? For what? What are the criteria. Best undetected whisper to an opponent during a match? Best celebration after the victory of a match with a pre-determined outcome?

So like any passerby of a massive car accident or train wreck, I stuck around longer than necessary and assumed that someone else had already called 9-1-1. And I noticed, that every single “wrestler” used the terms industry, company, business and organization to describe the WWE. But they never once uttered the term sport.
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I’m tired of Clark Kellogg ruining NCAA tournament games. There is such a great pool of announcers, there is no excuse to continue to let him make a fool of himself and a mockery of the NCAA and the game of basketball. And I love Jim Nance, but Jimmy’s best place is up in the tower at Amen corner broadcasting The Masters live from Augusta National. Let’s leave this game to the professionals (that doesn’t mean you Doris Burke).

Don’t get me wrong, removing Billy Packer was a welcome change, and long overdue. But replacing one bad announcer with another isn’t really a change. It was really just an ACC shift. I’ve never heard any announcer openly root for any team than Billy Packer for Duke. Until maybe I heard Clark Kellogg root for UNC while doing the championship game.

In case there is anyone out there besides Clark “Kelly” Kellogg and Jim “Nancy” Nance, that don’t think they should be replaced, I decided to collect a few of Kelly’s rambling buffoonery during this year’s contest. Cause we all know, the game wasn’t that entertaining to begin with.
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Blue Chips 2, feature John Calipari

The “Blue Chips” award to John Calipari, for going to Kentucky.  How does a coach get really good young recruits to go to schools like UMass and Memphis?  I have no idea, but Calapari has a knack for it.  I am not accusing John of any illegal recruiting violations or shawdy academic records (although i did hear a funny rumor that Joey Dorsey is illiterate, not that illiteracy is comical, but the fact someone can graduate college not being able to read).  What i am saying is that i foresee some troubles down in bluegrass country as this school has a lot higher visibility than Memphis or UMass.

The “Poster” award goes to Durrell Summers from Michgan St.  The majority of the time Stanley Roberts will posterize other players, and on certain occasions, whole teams (like he did later in the game against the Spartans).  Unfortunately for him, when you contest as many shots as he does, you are bound to get dunked on.
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1. LeBron James [2633]
2. Dwyane Wade [2610]
3. Vince Carter [1891]

Note: Point, rebound and assist total listed next to the player.

After a month filled with NCAA basketball, this first week of April has been leading up to the NCAA Championship tonight. But once that’s over, the focus will quickly shift to the NBA Playoffs, Where Amazing Happens.

Ironically enough, we actually have two players in the rankings this week that played for one of the teams competing for the NCAA title. Vince Carter in the number 14 spot and Antawn Jamison in the number 7 spots both suited up in Carolina blue for the UNC Tar Heels. Will that bode well for their alma mater, only time will tell. Now on to the rest of the players in this weeks Basketball Jesus Rankings.
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I remember looking at the bracket the day after it was announced (my cable wasn’t hooked up yet on selection Sunday) and thinking, this is either a really weak field, or a really strong field. I just wasn’t sure which.

I couldn’t believe that Louisville and UConn were number one seeds. And I was shocked that Memphis and Duke were number two seeds. But then the question remained, if not those teams, then who? And I had no answer.
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Final 4 week links:

Since it was April Fools day, we can’t forget about the best baseball prank ever.

With the new Christian Laetner commercial being aired, i thought we should revisit the best recreation of the shot.

Looks like Andruw Bynum’s rehab is going well, at the Playboy Mansion.

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris wears a live rattlesnake as a condom.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.

As we near the end of the college basketball season, i wanted to take a look back at my top 3 home courts in college basketball.

3. Wake Forest.  I know they screwed the pooch in my bracket, and trust me i did not want to include them on this list for that reason alone, but when you come out to Guns ‘N Roses, “Welcome to the jungle“, along with the mascot riding a Chopper, that’s pretty bad ass.

2. *Howard University. A lot of other schools copy this, but the Bison originated this hysterical, and very coordinated send off to an opposing player who has fouled out.  The player is already salty he fouled out of the game, mix that with hearing this every time he walks until he sits down on the bench, and you have a recipe for humiliation.  Under any other circumstance, this would be my favorite, but….

1. North Carolina A&T. Now, i have already given NC A&T props where you can watch all the antics here, but i did some more research.  The song that is played when a player fouls out is called “Sit Down, Ho” by Maceo. How many schools will play this song during a game? Zero, never mind playing this EVERYTIME an opposing player fouls out.

*editors note: This is actually Harding University.  With the recent credit crunch The Drubbing R&D staff has been slashed tremendously.  We apologize for the error, and should have known it was not Howard with the large amount of white fans in the stands.

The “John Cena lookalike” award to Chris Kramer from Purdue.

I wonder if Chris Kramer can bust out horrible rap lyrics.

The “sniper” award to Jermaine Dixon.  I think i saw the shooter in the upper deck, Jermaine.

The “Look its Enrico Pallazzo” award to the NCAA Refs.  So let me get this straight, i can hand check the hell out of someone out on the perimeter and draw easy offensive foul calls underneath the hoop?  There are more hand check fouls called in the NBA.  Don’t get me started on charging calls, either.  I have seen more no calls in high school ball than i have in the college game.  A defender can be standing underneath the basket and fall over on a cough, and the ref gets uber excited, does his two hop step and points like a NFL first down, “Charge”! Ridiculous, this is more like Euro soccer than it is basketball.

The “Dennis Green” Award goes to Tyler Hansbrough.  He was who we thought he was.  Tyler’s inept performance against an NBA caliber player (Blake Griffin), along with his attempted dunk, that ended up being 2 feet short, pretty much tells us all we need to know about his future in the NBA.  Tyler needs to improve his outside jump shot if he wants to be the considered the next poor man’s Eduardo Najera.

Pleaste note this is our 100th Post…woo hoo.  While most of the Staff jumped on me like i was Laettner against Kentucky, Rodney just kind of stood in tears of what i am assuming are joy, doing his own Thomas Hill impersonation.

On to the Links:

What does Elliot Spitzer and A-roid have in common? They use the same “dating” service.

The Man, the Myth, the Mouth has announced his retirement.  Let the HOF debate begin.

Shaq showcases another sport during Phoenix’s starting lineups.

Scott Novak, welcome to NCAA basketball, enjoy your poster.

Jeral McNeal, you just got owned, by AJ Price.  If i were Price, i would have called a Time Out so McNeal could sub himself out

Your Weekly Chuck Norris Fact:

Chuck Norris heart beats once every week.

* Please note that Chuck Norris is in no way affiliated with The Drubbing or its writers. If he did find out we were using his name in a gimmick he would roundhouse kick all of us to death.