Are you dreading March?

I am here to tell you I am dreading March. I know March madness is what college basketball is all about and I live to see the tourney get under way. I try to see every game I can during those blessed weeks of non-stop basketball.

UK and how well they do always impacts my enthusiasm, therefore; I am sky high right now waiting for the tourney to start.  So why the dread you ask? Well, with each passing game we are one game closer to the final game of the season. For a couple of weeks it is basketball 24/7 it seems and I am in Cat Heaven during that time, but suddenly there is more and more time between each game.

If teams I despise win means there is one less team to pull for.  I especially like (when UK isn’t playing or an SEC team playing) to be able to just sit back and enjoy without picking a winner.  I know there aren’t many games like that, but there are a few.  The end result, however, is no matter who wins there is one less game to watch until the final game is played.  After the confetti falls, the cleanup begins, everyone returns to their respective homes and a pin drop can be heard on basketball courts all across America.

Even if UK is there at the finish I will dread that game.  Of course I will be nervous, irritable, my stomach acting funny, etc. in anticipation for the game, but I know what is coming right after the final game.  I know you are way ahead of me on this one, because I bet you are a lot like me.  I bet you suddenly feel the blahs coming knowing it is almost 8 months until the next game.  Oh yeah, there is baseball which I like, Golf which I like, NBA finals and then football.

Gag, did I say football?  Sorry about that!  It isn’t that I hate football, I don’t, but I could care less about all that football stuff over and over. Even on the UK station they won’t talk basketball anymore until the football is season is over.  I like Dick Gabriel, but he promises to talk basketball then he won’t.  If he does it will be in passing only.

I am a basketball guy.  I love to see the really quick moves, the beautiful stroke of a pure shooter (Like Wiltjer).  I love to see the tear drop shot hit nothing but net with the player moving through the air (Doron I’ll miss you).  I love to see guys like Davis block shots or get into a players head so much he won’t even attempt a shot and attempt to pass it back out only to have a UK guy waiting for it.  I love the athletic finesse that only basketball has.  Basketball teams also get to play again and again if they mess up and lose a game.  You don’t have that in football.  The only time you get to do that in football is if the team you lost to is #1 and you are #2.

UK football would be more fun if the team had a chance for a playoff, but they don’t so it robs a fan (me at least) of there-is-a-better-day-ahead mentality.

The only thing that keeps me going is to check on recruits to see who we might get and search for articles about the recruits already in the fold.  I also dread the time when we have to get a new coach.

We are so spoiled by Cal and the success he has had with the program.  I mean nobody saw all that coming.  Nobody could have and to have to replace that……..well that isn’t going to happen anytime soon.  I know when he leaves the program it will be a sad day for me.  Am I in it for me?  Perhaps, but I like what he has been able to do for the players as well as the program.  Nobody likes to take a back seat to anyone on anything and especially us UK fans.  We (UK fans) lived hard for several years and we are riding high right now and I am enjoying the scenery from the top of the clouds.

Only 3 games left before the end of the season and I will try to enjoy them all I can, but I admit there is some dread with each passing game.

By the way, does anyone know who our next basketball recruit will be……..?