My spirtual journey has taken a set-back. I've always took pride in my reliablility to my religion. It wasn't always that way, I did partake in the forbidden fruits of life for many years and one day I decided to change. I figured I could work toward making a real effort to do better and hopefully at the bitter end the good just might outweigh the bad. Who knows? I will have to wait for that determination, hopefully until after my next birthday!
But the point of the story is yesterday we had our Winter Ceremonies start here and I was late going in and I did catch it for being late, which is something accorded to a guy who is fairly reliable. I took the verbal stuff because they were right and they knew where I was.
I stayed home and watched on t.v. the "second coming." Josh Selby made his debut at Kansas University and that guy is everything they said he'd be and more. I guess ol Wilt scored 52 points, a KU record, in his debut in the early 1960s and there was no doubt he was one of the best to ever set foot on the KU court. KU was a spring-board for Wilt to greater things in the NBA and his fame also caused him to become a magnet for women, but that's another story. Last year X Henry scored 27 points in his debut, but never approached that number again, and went off to the pros way too early.
Selby will make everybody forget the stars of the past before he's done. It was like magic when he went into the game at 16:00 minute mark. He started out trying to be a passer and then nailed a 3-pointer that brought down the house and proceeded to score 10 points in his first five minutes. It was like he was on the court by himself. I envied those fans, including my nephew William Mitchell, for getting to witness the game first-hand. This game will go down as a memorable moment for them because from my favorite chair in front of my 32" t.v. it was damn exciting to see this milestone.
The game ended 70-68 over USC. KU did a lot of things right and a lot of things wrong and if Selby wasn't on that court at the end they would have lost, period. He nailed a 3-pointer with 20 some seconds left and KU ended up winning. Selby delivered and once the chemistry all starts to develop, KU will be the big-dogs of the Big 12. If they tighten down the defense and do more against the other teams big men, they will a presence on the big stage in March. Selby is that good. I don't gush over players that much, but this guy is the real deal.
Now I gotta get back to making amends for being late yesterday, but I'm banking or hoping that the man up stairs is a KU fan too and understands.
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