The way it goes these days, you see a college basketball player play like that , the way Kareem Rush played Saturday, and you can't help but feel a little sad. Because you know in your heart it's over. That's just how it goes these days.
Rush plays beautiful basketball.
No other word for it. Saturday, Missouri played its guts out against Duke, pushed the best team in America, trailed by a point midway through the second half and eventually lost 94-81. Then the coaches, Missouri's Quin Snyder and Duke's Mike Krzyzewski, hugged tight. But all eyes followed Kareem Rush. Rush scored 29, grabbed eight rebounds, blocked a shot, made a steal and kept an overmatched Missouri team in the game with his will.