There are a lot of sports teams I love. Professional and College. There is one team however that is going unnoticed for way too many. They are a Division 1 college intramural team and I am glad to say that I cover their games. That team would be the Tree Hill Ravens. They are revolutionizing the world of intramural sports. R. Marciel Grace has proven to be a marketing genius. He has increased attendance at intramural games a whopping 500%. Recently he even had a varsity athlete attend one of his games. (If I mention his/her name I am afraid we will need to have security guards present at all future games) I must say that Jack Nicholson and Spike Lee aren't that far behind. Ryan Marciel Grace even was able to get 16 people to his intramural game on his birthday, December 1st. Of course Ryan's team won. I wish I remembered his stats. I think the game lacked media timeouts.
Anyway onto yesterday's action. Ryan struggled a bit in the first game but his teammates picked him up. Mike Grenier and J Millz were sensational in both games of the double header. Greg Mihailides chipped in with some valuable minutes in both games. After struggling a bit early on Greg found his rythmn. His free throws at the end of game one locked up the victory for Tree Hill. I believe he ended the game in double figures, much like J Millz and Grenier surely did. Game two was a tough one for Tree Hill. They battled back to make it close at half time but they couldn't hold on in front of a crowd of 4. Greg M played some inspired basketball after taking it to the rim twice. The first one he made. The second one he made a spectacular spin move to shake his defender but couldn't finish. After that he played inspired defense. Bruce Bowen would have envied his D. Greg also missed two lay-ups at the end of the game but he was just padding his stats. With his offensive rebound he moved into 4th place in Tree Hill history for offensive rebounds. Greg and Ryan both hit 3's at the end of the game too. Ryan ended game two with 5 points. That's all the news from Tree Hill Raven land but keep posted for the semester break hot stove news.
Random question: How did someone come up with the intramural team name "Big Booty Funky Judy?"
Random sports news
Caroline Doty has hit 10 of her last 10 3 pointers, including all 9 attempts in her last two games. That is pretty impressive. I loved the 8th one in a row (First one against Holy Cross). It bounced around on the rim several times before going in.
Also check out www.melthomas.com
I bet she wrote one heck of a book and I can't wait to read it over Winter Break. Geno Auriemma's autobiography is a must read and I hope I get a chance to read Jim Calhoun's book this break too.
Mel has 120 points in 5 games, which is 24 ppg. I hope she is recovering from her knee injury well.
http://www.basketballireland.ie/superleague/clubStatistics.jsp?id=64
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