A Gus Johnsonless Weekend

I know this has been touched on a lot as of late, but March Madness without Gus Johnson, well…just isn’t as mad. He has been and still is the voice of basketball in March and is one of the reasons I tune into the games that I have already screwed up with my horrible bracket picks. I cannot imagine why they dropped Gus for this weekend’s games and decided to pair up James Brown and Len Elmore. Let’s be serious, Brown is fine for wrapping up football Sundays, but he can’t come close to comparing to Gus. And Len Elmore, well, I’ve hated that idiot ever since he continually showed love for Mike Davis while he was screwing up the Indiana basketball program. I can only imagine what Gus would have been like last night during the Georgetown game or that amazing game-winning block by Greg Oden on Thursday night. I wish I knew what idiots decided on leaving Gus out of this weekend because they are robbing me (everyone) of some great game-ending calls.

As for the games today, I might as well make my predictions since I have none of these teams in my elite eight (thanks to Texas, Washington State, Virginia and Texas A&M). I think Ohio State is ready to come out strong at the start and win a closely fought battle by a score of 77-74. In the later game, I see Kansas getting outplayed for 25-30 minutes…but those 10-15 minutes that they are outplaying UCLA, they will pour on the points. UCLA will hang close for most of the game, but Kansas will come away with an 82-75 victory.

That’s all for now, I hope this is the only Sweet Sixteen/Elite Eight weekend without Gus Johnson for a long, long time.