For 43 years, I have shot at the same hoop in my in-laws’ backyard - through courtship, marriage, cancer, 9/11, births, deaths, Covid - life. Call it therapy. The house was sold this week, and with it, of course, the hoop. Here is my farewell shot.
I would argue bubble basketball was the realest basketball. They had no hoes, no fans, no racism, no road trips, no pregame fits to show off…nun but hoops
Gonzaga is currently eliminated from the NCAA Tournament and St. Peter’s is not because Gonzaga did not get to experience the grind of a MAAC schedule.