The hilarious radio team of the 1950s and ’60s, Bob and Ray — Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding — would present a satirical soap opera titled, “If Pain Persists.”
Thus the NCAA Tournaments, men’s and women’s, can’t make claim to such an apropos surname. But it’s the thought that counts.
To think: It was a mere two years ago when the credibility and humanity of Alabama’s highly ranked basketball program was up for national doubts and debate after the 1:30 a.m. shooting murder of young mother Jamea Harris was revealed to have been the work of three ’Bama full-riders — including Darius Miles, charged with firing the gun along with a childhood friend, and freshman superstar and projected first-round NBAer Brandon Miller, who was not charged but allegedly supplied Miles and his pal with the gun.
Regardless, Miller soon became the No. 2 overall pick (Hornets). He’s out for the season after wrist surgery. He has been named in a wrongful death suit by the family of the murdered victim.
