Sweetest NCAA Memories #13: Adam Morrison’s Tears
Posted by rtmsf on March 6th, 2009
RTC asked its legion of correspondents, charlatans, sycophants, toadies and other hangers-on to send us their very favorite March Madness memory, something that had a visceral effect on who they are as a person and college basketball fan today. Not surprisingly, many of the submissions were excellent and if you’re not fired up reading them, then you need to head back over to PerezHilton for the rest of this month. We’ve chosen the sixteen best, and we’ll be counting them down over the next two weeks as we approach the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Adam Morrison Bawls at Midcourt (submitted by Sam Wasson of bleedCrimson.net)
Back in 2006 I had to travel for work during the NCAA Tournament. I was not pleased, I missed a bunch of the first and second round games. I happened to still be out on travel in Georgia and it was Thursday night. I came back from dinner with my co-workers and settled in to watch the game that was being shown on CBS in that region. That game happened to be UCLA vs. Gonzaga. Since I traditionally participate in a bracket or two during March Madness, and being the dumb mid-major loving guy that I am, I had picked Gonzaga to advance and of course was rooting for the Zags. Everyone knows what happened in the game, but I distinctly remember standing – not sitting – but standing in front of the t.v. in my hotel room as Gus Johnson screamed, WHAT A GAME!!!, WHAT A GAME!!!! Even though Gonzaga lost, that game was a quintessential example of why college basketball and March Madness will always be better than anything pro team sports can offer up.
As a bruin fan in Washington st that game was a huge one for a number of reasons. I was also traveling for work that day and because I thought ahead I made it home in time instead of being in the air between north carolina and the west coast. I shudder to think if I had missed that live as I have never been more excited about a comeback win in my life. At the time we were suffering bruin fans and that game seemed to make up for years in the darkness. But I still feel kind of bad for Zag fans.