WALKER, WILLIAMS, and PARSONS meet and exceed expectations in their SWEET 16 Wins......and the BUTLER BULLDOGS in ELITE 8 in BACK to BACK Seasons

EXPECTATIONS are WHAT?...is it something looked forward to, whether feared or hoped for.....WELL if that's the case these Gentleman......UCONN'S Kemba WALKER, ARIZONA'S Derrick WILLIAMS, and FLORIDA'S Chandler PARSONS met and exceeded EXPECTATIONS last night....for shizzle.

WALKER, a surefire LOTTERY PICK in the 2011 NBA Draft, shot a cool and methodical 12-25 and hit for a total of 36 points as he picked his spots to finally pull away from the stingy and relentless AZTECS of San Diego STATE. Walker let the game come to him as he made sure his teammates were involved and none were more involved than the freshman from that basketball factory in ATLANTS G A, NORCROSS HS in Norcross, Georgia G/F Jeremy LAMB.

LAMB the slender, sleek. an supebly athletic one built out of the same mold as former NORCROSS Stand-out and Current LA CLIPPER Forward by way of Wake Forest Al FARIQ-AMINU.

SAME GUY......an array of Mid-range shots, can get you off the bounce with either hand, can play his back to the basket but would prefer to play on the wing and the perimeter, with game behind the ARC. His game and demeanor go hand in hand with how UCONN'S Main Man KEMBA WALKER game i suited for.

NEXT UP for the HUSKIES a young but Powerful bunch from the DESERT.........led by Man-Child and MATRIX Clone ( MANS F Shawn MARION) DERRICK WILLIAMS of the LA Metropolitan area. He Torched the BLUE DEVILS for 25 in the 1st half when no other WILDCAT could get it going and kept the 'CATS and Coach Sean MILLER in the game enough to get reinfrocements in the 2nd half to derail the DEVILS and end their season.

Williams was such a factor that at the halftime horn CBS Sideline reporter interviwed COACH K of the DUKIES and asked him, " Are you happy the way your guy KYLE SINGLER is playing (14 points at half).....COACH K shot back well DERRICK WILLIAMS is unbelievable an he single-handedly has kept them in the game.

See that's a COACH with a ton of experienxce shooting back a VISSER with a HOW COULD YOU ASK ME ABOUT MY GUY WHEN HE IS -11 IN THE HOLE......see SINGLER was guarding WILLIAMS to no avail and COACH K knows if Williams gets half of that production the DUKIES are up some 15 plus points and can go for the kill at the start of the 2nd half.

The 'CATS came out as though WILLIAMS stood up in the LOCKER ROOM and said, " OK.......I can't do this by myself...so who is getting on the 'ZONA TRAIN the 2nd Half so we can send these underlings to CAMERON with an L'....and that's exactly what happened.....the BLUE DEVILS were no match intensity wise or defensively as the 'CATS just swallowed them up with #23, DERRICK WILLIAMS Leading the way.

As though you had enough of those tightly contested games......SEC Player of the YEAR, Florida GATOR FORWARD Chandler PARSONS, with these numbers........11.5 ppg, 7.8 rebs/g, 4 assists/g, 1 steal/g...after looking at those numbers one would say how in the heck did PARSONS win the award.

CHANDLER is one of those guys that has such an impact on the game that most of those things he has an impact on isn't a stat. He is the ultimate performer.......he is your MVP, your Glue-GUY, your best post-defender, your best passer, and maybe your best perimeter shooter.....and when the GATORS need that play whther it is taking the game-winning shot, a defensive stop, a key rebound, a key steal........BILLY DONOVAN aka BILLY D looks no further than PARSONS.

And for those of you who remember PARSONS was the shoe-in recruit to get his highschool and McDonald's All American teammate Nick CALATHES to GAINESVILLE to play for the GATORS. And of course CALATHES is another sad story of getting the wrong advice from people who don't have your best interest and leaving school way too early and not even getting drafted....WOW....and for every one and out kid or straight out of HS kid.....there is more CALATHES Stories. ( CALATHES has since moved onto to play for his native GREECE and the GREEK NATIONAL TEAM).

BACK TO GATOR BALL and the beating of the COUGARS and their man JIMMER FREDETTE. It was a little payback from last year as the COUGARS beat the GATORS to move on in the BRACKETS last Year. But it was the overall play of PARSONS that BYU had no answer for and at 6-10 and a game more suited for the perimeter on the next level......PARSONS has definatley made a name for himself and you will here that same name come late JUNE in NYC at the NBA Draft.

The BUTLER BULLDOGS keep the train rolling after losing to DUKE in the NAtional Championship Game last year and losing their best player to the NBA Lottery and the UTAH JAZZ.

The BULLDOGS are as an consistent bunch as you will find left in the Tourney. They always lean on their best players and their best players always deliver.

Senior Center Matt HOWARD and Junior G Shelvin MACK had 20 and 13 points respectively as thy used a smothering no frills man to man defense to keep the methodically Offensively and Defensively Wisconsin Badgers and coach Bo RYAN. The BULLDOGS re lead by one of the best young coaches in the game in BRAD STEVENS, who I might add turned own a lucrative offer from SWOOSH UNIVERSITY aka the OREGON DUCKS to stay at BUTLER a Mid-MAJOR if that to build on what he has built.

And to STEVENS CREDIT he has made the BULLDOGS into the MIDWEST'S Version of the once up and coming GONZAGA BULLDOGS who are now a household name in College Basketball. Now up next for the BUTLER BULLDOGS in the ELITE 8 are the even stingier Florida GATORS and versatile Big guy Chandler PARSONS.