Big Bad Basketball

I think there has been more interest here in basketball over the last 12 hours than perhaps the last 20 years combined.

Couch Burning Retards
I apologize if I am offending anyone who is mentally challenged by putting them in the same category with West Virginians. Mountaineer fans are at it again, after throwing shit on the court last night against Pitt, and actually hitting a Pitt coach with an object. This behavior by WVU fans is par for the course. Ever go to a Backyard Brawl? It doesn’t have to be in Morgantown for people to bring rocks and batteries with them.

You wanna know the biggest travesty? It’s not the simple mountain folk who think that throwing objects is a reasonable way to show your dislike of another team. It’s the university that does not actively stop these simple folk. How long until the league steps in and starts holding WVU accountable for the actions of its students?

Pittsburgh PistonPipers?

So the rumor goes the Detroit Pistons could be up for sale and Pittsburgh could be looked at as a future home. First of all it’s unlikely, but I kind of like the idea. I’m not a big basketball fan (it drives me insane that the last 2:00 in fact lasts closer to 40) however; I think pro-basketball could have a chance here. If you could get past the Steeler fixation, and the innate racism in Western PA, you could tap into the bandwagon nature of the Pittsburgh sports fan who will cheer for just about any sport (sorry Passion) if it puts a winning product on the ice/court/field.

That’s the biggest “IF”; could you put a competitive product on the court quick enough to get past the aforementioned potential issues?