Just as Burney himself predicted just two days ago on this very blog, the boys hoop squads at both Birmingham Detroit Country Day and Southfield punched their tickets to the MHSAA Final Four on Tuesday night with relatively-comfortable wins in their respective state quarterfinal match-ups. Are we at all surprised that the Great Burnzini picked these games correctly? I didn't think so!

ATTENTION CITY OF BRIGHTON: Please don't be alarmed by those loud reverberations you heard banging throughout the sky during the night, it's was just the aftershock tremors from the pair of rim-rattling dunks (among a few others) thrown down by DCD's Ray McCallum and Amir Williams at the local high school, in the Yellowjackets runway victory in the Class B Elite Eight.

Captain Amazing To The Rescue Again

With Southfield haven given up its second half lead and tied with Warren De La Salle in the 4th quarter of a Class A quarterfinal game, the Bluejays looked to none other than their...favorite comic book super hero....er.... star player, Carlton "Captain Amazing" Brundidge.

Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, it's a bird, it's a plane, it's……CAPTAIN AMAZING. Brundidge scored 13 of his 17 points in the second half and Southfield made its way to the school's first Final Four since 1982.

And don't get me started on Captain Amazing's running mate, my boy, Pee Wee Barnes. CAN U SAY BEST BACKCOURT IN THE STATE! CAN U SAY TOP 5 BACKCOURTS IN THE ENTIRE MIDWEST! Barnes played his typical "James Worthy" role to CB's "Magic" on Tuesday in the Jays' 67-57 defeat of De La Salle. His buzzer-beating jumper to conclude the third quarter gave the 'Jays momentum for the stretch run. After Brundidge drained a free throw break a 47-47 tie in the early fourth quarter, he knocked down a 3-pointer to give Southfield a two-possession advantage it would not give back the rest of the way. My boy, Pee Wee is playing he's way right up the latter from small time D1 to mid-major D1 and rising. Prediction, if Pee Wee keeps his ballhawking ways up, he could find himself in a Big Ten uniform come the fall of 2011.

The Mad Bomber       

My main Yellowjackets homeboy and master marksman, Mahesh Umansekar, got nice on Tuesday night in his teams "Get Back" win over nasty nemesis, Flint Powers, by busting off four crucial 3-balls in the second half, as Country Day sprinted away for a 63-47 win. That's funny because I recall writing something about guaranteeing Umansekar banging home at least four triples in a DCD victory on a blog the other day. So on that note, let me shout out to my homeboy Mahesh for getting my back and getting crazy busy from the outside on Tuesday. Furthermore, let me bestow on Mahesh his brand new nickname. From here on out, Mahesh Umansekar will be known simply as "The Riflemen", cause this kid can shoot the lights out from anywhere on the court, anytime you leave him open. THAT'S A FACT,JACK!!!

G.O.A.T.

Let's get back to my other two primetime razzle-dazzle 'Jacket homeboys, Ray McCallum and Amir Williams, to finish this blog entry off. McCallum scored 17 points in the second half of his team's win, on his way to a game-high 24 points, while Williams got loose for an eye-popping double-double of 18 points and 17 rebounds. Wow! And you wonder why I call this kid, "The Dandy"! CAN U SAY BEST INSIDE-OUTSIDE TANDEM IN THE NATION RIGHT NOW!