Video - Derrick Rose hits "the shot of the tournament"

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Rock chalk, Law Talk: Finality, Accuracy, and Appellate Review
Published 4/8/2008 by Howard Wasserman at Sports Law Blog
I am against the recent over-emphasis on video evidence in court, for reasons that I and others have discussed. For me, that objection has carried over (for reasons both similar and different) into a general dislike for instant replay in sports. Well, the difference in last night's NCAA Basketball Championship, besides Memphis' horrid free-throw shooting down the stretch, was the use of instant replay and, in essence, appellate review of a single decision. With about four minutes left in the game, Memphis guard Derrick Rose launched a fade-away jumper from right around the three-point line, ...

23 reasons that Derrick Rose was a good pick for the Bulls
Published 6/27/2008 by Eli Kaberon at Chicago Sports Review
1- He’s a scorer, averaging 15 points a game in his only season at the University of Memphis. That would have been third on the Bulls last season, but Rose’s 48% shooting from the field would have tied him with Luol Deng for the team lead. 2- He’s a passer, averaging five assists a game. Like any good player though, D-Rose stepped it up when his team needed it most, dropping nine assists in UM’s regional final win over Texas and eight in the national championship game versus Kansas. 3-He’s a defender, often times sticking the opposition’s most explosive player. People assume that because he hit the ...