Sports: Al Thornton--College Basketball's Unknown Superstar

After watching Florida State's 98-90 overtime victory over the University of Miami on Saturday, I have decided that Al Thornton is the best college basketball player that most people have not heard about. Florida State is fighting for an invitation to the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament, and is widely considered to be on the borderline for being considered worthy by the tournament committee. With FSU down 6 points with little more than a minute to play, Thornton scored 7 points over the last two mintues, and with the aid of Toney Douglas' 3 point basket, sent the gaem into overtime. Thornton and the Seminoles finished off the Hurricanes in overtime and Thornton finished with 45 points, 8 rebounds, 4 blocked shots, and 2 steals. It was an amazing, classy performance, as Thornton could have set the school record for points in game with a dunk shot in the last 10 seconds, but with the game decided, he simply dribbled the ball away from the basket and let time run out. After the game, Thornton said that he could have scored the basket, but that the Miami players had given to great an effort to be disrespected. Thornton finished as the ACC's leading scorer this year. One hopes that the people that vote for postseason awards will give Al his due as one of the most talented and classy basketball players in America.