MORE-isson And Eddie Sutton

A.M. Report - 2.18.2006- His beloved Zags trailing the clawless Loyola Marymount Lions by 4 at the half, Morrison comes out and dumps in 37 points in the second half and leads his team to another victory. He finished with 44 points and 8 three pointers, both career highs. He was 14 for 20 from the field. That's damn near 75%. Oh, and he was 8 for 13 from downtown. Not too shabby. The win ensured at least a share of the West Coast Conference regular season championship for Gonzaga's sixth straight season. This kid is simply amazing. Like I've said before, I can't wait to see what he can do in the big dance and in the NBA.

Another college hoops related note; While waiting to watch the Illini take care of buisiness at home against Mike Davis' - er, I'm sorry - the coachless Hoosiers (Weber's Illini now 41-2 at Assembly Hall), Boner, JB, and I watched the unranked Oklahoma State Cowboys destroy the sixth ranked Texas longhorns. Eariler this week, OSU Coach Eddie Sutton (pictured above) drove drunk at nearly three times the legal limit, got into a collision with another motorist, and sent that motorist to the hospital. In what the sports media dubbed an "inspired" showing by the Oklahoma State fans attending the game against Texas, the Cowboy faithful donned orange shirts with Sutton's face, adorned themselves with orange ribbons in his honor, and held signs of support.

I ask; Who is wearing a shirt or a ribbion for the injured motorist? Who, of the Cowboy faithful, gives any thought or support to the real victim of this needless crime? If this were a coach without the incredible track record of a coach like Sutton, he would be fired and villified for his actions. Since when did winning nearly 800 college hoops games absolve someone of wrongdoing? Eddie Sutton's signature is prominently emblazoned on OSU's home court. Earlier this year, Paige Laurie Arena, in Columbia, Missouri was renamed because it was discovered that the individual for whom the stadium was named (a 22 year old Wal-Mart heiress) cheated her way through undergrad at USC. Will the acloholic, tortious, drunk driving Sutton's name be removed from OSU's hardwood? Somehow I doubt it...