Quincy Miller to Leave Baylor for NBA

Baylor F Quincy Miller has decided to leave Baylor in order to be eligible for the NBA draft.

I know that a lot of people are going to be very angry about this news, and honestly, while I think that anger is an overreaction, I can't blame them. Quincy held a press conference earlier this month announcing that he would be staying at Baylor for another year, and those of us who like to try to predict things way before their time gladly pencilled him into our imaginary line-ups. I, for one, was really excited to hear that he was staying. I felt that he could really benefit from another year of college basketball and (selfishly, as a Baylor fan) that the team would be better than even this year with his experience and talents setting the tone.

If Quincy has been assured that he will be a draft pick and will get a contract this year, then I can definitely understand his decision to leave. There is always the spectre of injury that looms over every year not playing with a guaranteed pay-check and sometimes the risk-reward scales tip in favour of leaving. As an objective viewpoint-he made the best decision for him.

As a fan, however, I do wish that this had happened before he had announced that he was staying. It hurts us, as a university fanbase, to think that he's spurning the opportunity to lead our [his] team to greater heights (some of us were likely even daydreaming about NCAA titles). When someone says that they love their team, love their school, and love their fans the way that he did, it is a shock when things suddenly happen like this. However, Mark C Moore (from Our Daily Bears) has it right- Quincy didn't stop being a Baylor Bear today.

I wish him the best of luck, and, for his sake, I hope that leaving Baylor was indeed the right choice to make. As a fan, I can only think longingly of what could have been.

Well, it's been a while.

And I never delivered that bowl recap I promised. That'll be going up soon, but for now, let me just say that it was exhausting, exhilarating and fantastic.

Baylor Sports Recap du jour:

• We are now 37-0 in "money making" sports since the beginning of November. This is the Baylor that everyone wanted out of the Big 12? 
• Baylor Men's Basketball won a heartstopping game last night, 75-73 over Kansas State. Oklahoma State is next, then another hard test in Kansas. 
• Baylor Lady Bears play OSU tonight (7:00 PM CT, Ferrell Center). This should be an interesting, and emotional, game. 
• Robert Griffin III is going to the NFL. I wish him all the best as he leaves Baylor. (No, I'm not wiping a tear away from my eye, why do you ask? Okay, maybe I am.) I'll be doing a seperate link aggregate post over this, so look out for that.

On tap for this week: Bowl game recap, Lady Bears "fast five", what exactly all this winning means to a fan who's used to losing, and more!

Sunday Sports Aggregate (12/18): WE BEAT UCONN (nowwhat?)

I'm a bit late, yeah. We beat UConn. It's worth it.

• First, because it's important: (1) Baylor Lady Bears beat (2) UConn (and I wasn't there. Woe.)
  
• Robert Griffin III comes home with the Heisman, and people cheer. Oh, and at the same time, the Man Bears beat Bethune-Cookman. No big deal.
  
• Later the same week, the Bears took down BYU, at BYU. This is not your everyday thing.
  
• However, BYU fans remain classy.
  
• RG3 makes all sorts of All-[insert term] teams. 

And now, my computer is dying. I'll be back in Waco for the Dec 21 Lady Bears game against Mcnese State, then it'll be bowl coverage, from the band-stands.

Live Event Review! Baylor Honors Robert Griffin III at Bears Basketball Game (Wed 12/14)

I'll be attending as part of the Courtside Players the Baylor Men's Basketball game on the 14th where Baylor plans to honor RG3 as the Heisman winner. I'll do my best to sneak my camera in and take pictures between playing. This won't be a liveblog, but I'll write everything up as soon as I get back.