This Week in Procrastination, Wistfulness, and Redemption

Loathe as I am to turn the page on such a cathartic Gheorghemas, the calendar does read 2019, and these posts aren't gonna count themselves.

I was sitting down to write the first This Week in Wrenball of the new year, when I turned on the Gheorghetown/Butler contest and saw that W&M transfer Greg Malinowski got the start for the Hoyas due to injuries. I have no hard feelings towards the young man, though I often wonder what might have been with his solid all-around game and accurate long-range shot added to last year's deadeye offense (and more importantly, non-existent defense).

In any case, the Hoya senior opened up by making his first four shots (two from deep), adding two assists and a steal, and totaling 10 points in the first eight minutes of the game (he finished with a career-high 26 on 10-12 shooting (6-7 from beyond the arc) with six rebounds and 4 dimes). I got a little wistful on Twitter.

And because Twitter is where one goes to feel better about oneself, karma smiled upon me. FOGTB and CAA hoops blogfather Mike Litos immediately chimed in to let me know about a post William & Mary Sports Blog dropped today.

Here I was thinking I needed to spend less time on Twitter! Silly me.

I won't steal everything from that terrific post, but I will share this highlight from a game that ranks at the very top of my personal sports fan moments. We even wrote about it right here, way back in 2014.



That's a much better way to start a blogyear than we chose at the beginning of 2018.

Gheorghe: The Roadtrip

In what would actually be the makings of a mediocre buddy comedy, the Teej and Rob are braving a snowy I-95 to take in the Tribe's afternoon tilt against the Drexel Dragons in the City of Brotherly Love. Apparently, "City of Douchebags With Inferiority Complexes" was already taken. 

Our intrepid correspondents will be venturing into the hallowed confines of the Drexel Athletic Center whose denizens refer to themselves as the "DAC Pack". 

As you can see from the photo, this is not a cool bunch. Any interfan violence will clearly be nerd on nerd crime. 

Drexel is a 4.5 point favorite. I would take the Tribe in this one, but as always wait for Rob to make his pick and then "Costanza" it.