Basketball.

There is now a torrent of sportswriting and sports talking and guys talking and self-congratulation of Memphis's inability to convert free throws in the final minutes of the NCAA Championship game. Before the NCAA Tournament began, many believed Memphis's chances in the tournament would be compromised by poor free throw shooting. You will read:

Memphis lost because they could not convert free throws in the final minutes.

or, before the Tournament:

Memphis will not win because they cannot make free throws.

or:

Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose missed four of five free throw attempts in the final minutes, and Memphis could not win.

or:

I thought we were about to cut down the nets, but we could not convert free throws.

SS believes this unbearable truth to be very circumstantial, or perhaps superficial. SS saw that Memphis did not make free throws. However, SS believes that Memphis did not lose the game, but that Kansas won the game. Kansas looked the better team throughout. Their angles were sharp, their spacing excellent, all the more apparent because Memphis did not play well. Memphis did not play well. They did not lose because they did not make free throws. In fact, the sports fans' collective cry should not focus on missed free throws, but perhaps on offensive disorganization and unnecessary fouls, or perhaps on Memphis's inability to defend lob passes and screen and rolls. SS would prefer not to become semantic, or technical, however. It merely extends its congratulations to Kansas for winning the basketball game.

The face of James Naismith may be seen in the moon tonight.