:: now this is crazy...

in this day in sports, teams just seem to score more easily than in days past. football has seen games that have one team winning 56-3, or more (see last years patriots) and several games where both teams score 50+ points. basketball has seen teams score more and more points each year. it seems it's a rarity for an nba score to not feature both teams over the century mark. baseball saw the increase in the number of home runs hit, but that was largely linked with steroid use and those numbers are starting to trend downward as more people are aware of what's going on.

but i saw something that took place last night that blew away my preconceived notions of what a college basketball score should look like. 

last night, texas tech beat east central by the final score of 167-115. 

167 points by one team in one game.

282 total points in a game.

texas tech scored an average of 4.175 points per minute.

they scored 77 points by half time, and another 90 in the second half.

first off, this is unreal. no team should ever score that many points in a single game. were there not enough players for east central to play any semblance of a defense? even awful defenses should be able to stop this kind of madness.

secondly, texas tech's coach and team are all jerks. what the hell possesses you to score that many points on an opponent you clearly defeated? there is no excuse for scoring 90 points in the second half. maybe the first half. but in the second half, you've got to know you've got the game won when you've hit the, oh, 140 point mark. put in your bench. heck, put in 5 people from your student section. don't drive up the score. this was completely unsportsmanlike. competition is great. you should always try to beat your competition. but once that victory is in hand, you gain nothing from further humiliating your opponent. you've already won.

thirdly, if a team is awful-- so awful that you could score 167 points on them-- how in the world do you let them score 115 on you? this is clearly a lack in understanding of the basic fundamentals of basketball. you don't let bad teams score more than 100 on you. i don't care how much you're up by. play defense. this is embarrassing.

that is all.

more to come...