my boy........courtney lee

beed is gonna try a different text color, if it's hideous he won't use it again.

sorry folks, no chance to post yesterday. beed's boss, the plant manager is back from his detail and he has come back with a vengeance. he's been stomping his big foot down on what he sees as apathy at our plant.

good for him as u guys know beed's feelings about work if u've been reading him. only problem, even beed is not left out of the crossfire. so beed has been on his p's and q's all week plus he had two major projects to finish on thursday and friday so he been busy as hell. but it's all good. a weight has been lifted from beed's skinny assed shoulders as those 2 things had been hanging over him and now they are gone.

now on to the title and the video clip at the top. it's a clip of SUPER-SOPH coutney lee nailing the game winning shot in little rock with 1.7 seconds left. it's not a surprise tho' as nothing this kid does surprises dahbeed. he may very well be the best hilltopper that beed has ever watched in person......think about that one......remember how old beed is. tengo cuarenta y seis anos. i am 46 years old.

beed saw jim mcdaniels on the tube but not live. but beed has seen live, johnny britt, tellis frank, clarence martin, brett mcneal, roland shelton, tony wilson, kannard johnson, darnell mee, mark bell, chris robinson and more recently chris marcus and anthoy winchester. those are some damn fine players, to a man. but after watching courtney lee for the last 2 years, he may very well be the best of the lot. if his improvement curve remains for his final two years as it has been his first two then beed ain't going out on a very small limb to say he will be the best he's witnessed in a hilltopper uni.

beed followed courtney his senior year through the indy star online. he had a fine senior season and beed thought we were getting a good player but had no idea he would be this good. there is no way in hell you can name 10 better sophomores in the country than courtney lee. and that is not homerism. he is that good.

beed wondered how he would improve over his freshman year which was fantastic. he improved by extending his range on his 3 point shot. he shoots them much deeper this year than he did last year and there has been no real drop off on his shooting percentage.

he still takes it to the rack with authority. he still rebounds like a fiend and has been one of the top players in the country in steals per game. he can play lockdown defender on an opponent. he needs to improve his ball handling skills......not because they are bad......but he will need even better handles at the next level. and this kid has next level written all over him.

beed wrote a post on hilltopper haven awhile back that courtney can be our dwayne wade. the thread got high-jacked into a courtney is not as good as d. wade post. that was never beed's intention. beed said courtney could have the impact on the western program that dwayne wade had on marquette's program. as in make a deep run into the ncaa's before he leaves western and make western a household name again.

well, there is a little snow on the ground this morning but the roads look clear. beed is geeked about the bracket buster game today. he has his tickets and will be rockin' in the free world at least an hour before the game. to be followed fo' sho' a good time at b-dubs. and that is win or lose cuz that is just how beed rolls.

of course the beedster wants us to win and will be disappointed if we lose but beed don't live and die by it anymore. there are just so many things larger than a basketball game. not many in the commonwealth of kentucky but there are things larger.

peace out, (yeah beed knows that is dated, but still likes it)

your friend, the basketball geek

dahbeed