the case of the number 1's

Congrats to the Gamecocks, the University of South Carolina, for knocking off number 1 UK Wildcats. Our boy Willy P was there and got to storm the court and party with Devan Downey, who is basically dirty. A former Bearcat too. The Gamecocks rely on the services of Downey nightly in the SEC. the man is 5'9 and can flat out ball. But the question is what is the issue with being number one nowadays? every team in college basketball has now been beaten at least one time, UK being the last to fall, and makes me think that maybe it is the nature of the game. I have to believe this because even when I play a pickup game there are a lot of variables that go into winning a game of ball, shot selection, teammate capabilities, mentality, the opposing team might be on fire, and dumb turnovers. I think that many times teams need to take a lose to bring a squad back to earth. there hasn't been a team in the last 30 some years to go undefeated. Larry Bird's 79 Indiana State Sycamore's lost to Magic Johnson's Spartties in the NCAA finals. what does this say about contemporary basketball teams? even NBA teams? is the competition that stiff is because the game has gone international is because ballers have lost a mental competitiveness? we see Lebron put a show on every night, sell millions of sneakers and gear, yeah he is unreal, but he hasn't won jack...not to mention the fact players having off court/field issues (Agent Zero guns and gambling tyraids). Yeah Wilt the Stilt claimed to rail over 20k women andDikembe Mutombo's tag line was "who wants to sex Mutombo?" upon entering a room, but they had a respect for the game.
I think this has something to say about our current times as a generation. For the most part people frankly don't give a fuck. Our generation is dominated by general low life's Edward Cullin, Paris Hilton, and Lil' Wayne. We hate going to classes we don't understand the world around them, as only seen through the television and facebook, we can't conceptualize hard work. the kids that do believe in hard work and look forward to a future after college are outcasts and misunderstood. I need to do some explaining at this point, as you have seen before on this blog, I raise up the likes of Mike Tyson Rasheed Wallace Charles Barkley and the Yankees, all of whom have had their fair share of controversy in the past, but they are self aware of what they are and can only be what they are. The world has the estranged ideals for humans with exceptional talents, to be the superhuman off the sports field as well, yet in the end we all do dumb shit.

PS. I hate the jersey pull