I'm very proud today that my favorite Cyclone over the past year, Royce White, was drafted #16 overall in the first round by the Houston Rockets! I'll miss seeing him play here in Ames, but I'm glad that he will have a chance at a great NBA career.
Here's a link to a highlight reel of him as a Cyclone.
Another word on the NBA... I should update my previous predictions as to how the 2012 NBA playoffs finished. Basically, it turned out as my worst nightmare. The team I hate (Miami Heat) won the NBA championship, while my Chicago Bulls lost in the opening round as the #1 seed. Horrible. A large reason for all of this was the devistating injury to Derrick Rose as he tore his ACL.
Here were the actual results (and my predictions):
First round:
76ers over Bulls in 6 (Bulls in 5)
Heat over Knicks in 5 (Heat in 6)
Pacers over Magic in 5 (Pacers in 4)
Celtics over Atlanta in 6 (Celtics in 5)
Spurs over Jazz in 4 (Spurs in 5)
Thunder over Dallas in 4 (Thunder in 6)
Lakers over Denver in 7 (Lakers in 7)
Clippers over Grizzlies in 7 (Clippers in 6)
Second Round:
Celtics over 76ers in 7 (Bulls over Celtics in 6)
Heat over Pacers in 6 (Heat over Pacers in 6)
Spurs over Clippers in 4 (Spurs over Clippers in 5)
Thunder over Lakers in 5 (Thunder over Lakers in 6)
Conference Finals:
Heat over Celtics in 7 (Bulls over Heat in 7)
Thunder over Spurs in 6 (Spurs over Thunder in 6)
Finals:
Heat over Thunder in 5 (Bulls over Spurs in 6)
Ok, so if you overlook the fact that the team I picked to win lost in the first round (blame Rose's torn ACL) I actually didn't make too bad of picks. I picked the winners in 7 of the 8 first round match-ups and 3 of the 4 second round match-ups. In two of those I even picked the number of games correctly (just a lucky guess there). That Derrick Rose injury was just heart-breaking.
Also worth noting... we will be proud home owners in just over a couple of weeks!!!
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