Big sports weekend ahead. NBA All-Star Weekend. The Winter Olympics begin. The Daytona 500. UT vs. Kentucky in men's basketball. Here are some thoughts on this weekend's events:
NBA All-Star Weekend: I'll take the Saturday night events (Slam Dunk; 3-Point Shootout; and Skills Competition) over Sunday's game everytime.
Winter Olympics: I've never been on a snowmobile and I don't snowboard but there is something about the Olympics that always makes me want to watch. You can bet by the end of the Olympics, I'll have watched alot of halfpipe and know who wins the gold in the bobsled. Love that bobsled. Would love to make one run down a bobsled track (with a skilled driver, of course).
NASCAR makes a huge deal of the Daytona 500, in effect, making it their Super Bowl. Yes, it is the first race of the year and has lots of tradition. But in the grand scheme of The Chase, it counts no more than races in Pocono or New Hampshire later in the season.
The UT/Kentucky game could get ugly. UT on the road at Rupp Arena doesn't bode well. Kentucky is likely a Final Four kind of team. Tennessee has played through a very difficult season. Arrests, suspensions, the dismissal of a top player, several injuries and two walk-ons playing big minutes is not the recipe for a championship season. If the Vols win 3 or 4 of their last 7 games, it would be an accomplishment. Unfortunately, I don't expect a long post-season run either, just too much to overcome. I hope I'm wrong.
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