The Takeover

Shantia Grace just had a no-look pass to Ezria Parsons, who converted the shot. On the next stoppage of play, Fernandez removed Grace and replaced her with Jessica Jackson, who missed two consecutive three-pointers and had a turnover. As I look over to Fernandez, I can’t help but think he is happy the Oracle now has a blog.

— Halftime: Rod Smith is in the house, sporting a Bill Belichick-like hooded sweatshirt and chewing on one of the strings, in very deep thought. He’s obviously thinking about all of the awesome plays he’s got in store for next season.

— Dear Athletic Department,
Please remove the Dance 4 UR Dinner competition from the middle of the third quarter. Three contestants and I saw “the worm” from one, no dancing from another and three cartwheels from a dude named “Marcelo.”
Hold on, I take it back.
Marcelo just restored my faith in the dance-off portion of the competition when he missed the third cartwheel in his combination and ended up on the ground.
Maybe you guys can keep the contest, just call it “Impress the audience for dinner,” or “Faceplant on the court for food.”

— More contests: A young girl of about 4-to-6 years old holed out a ten-foot putt for a brand new bike, using a cross-handed grip. When asked about her putt, the girl said “Doggy,” and ran off. (Not really.)

Parsons just went down clutching her head, so I’ll throw in the my notes for the game: With the game out of reach, West Virginia coach Mike Carey called two timeouts with 30 seconds left in the game… Three Bulls players attempted to carry senior Sharon Cambridge on their shoulders and off the floor but only got about seven yards before they had to let her down.

Tony Marquis