Murphy’s Blog

I had never heard of him before tonight, but Calvin Brock of Illinois is a damn fine ballplayer.  He’s not a guy who’s going to light up the scoreboard, but he does a lot of things that help you win ballgames.  I just kept hearing his name, whether it was a rebound, block, steal, or just general hustle play.  He was almost as much a part of the Illini’s near upset of IU as Lance Stemler and Jamarcus Ellis’s worthlessness.

That’s pretty much it.  When I’m upset with one or more of the players on the teams I follow, I’ve been known to say, “I could play better than so-and-so.”  Well, in the cases of Stemler and Ellis, it’s at least partially true.  I could easily step onto the floor in an NCAA game and fire up off-target jumpers, miss layups, dive on the floor, and commit useless fouls.