Last night in ESPN’s nine o’clock time slot, after Wisconsin and North Texas gave viewers one of college basketball’s worst endings (Wisconsin led 54-46 with nine minutes to go, didn’t score again, and lost 56-54) in an NIT semifinal, the 46th edition of the McDonald’s High School All-American Boys Game was played and televised live from the Toyota Center in Houston, Texas, eight miles from the site of this year’s NCAA Men’s Final Four.
Meanwhile, back in Kentucky, a regular McDonald’s consumer who did not succeed at the high school level of basketball was watching the action from the comfort of his couch, and he jotted down some notes as he watched the game in real-time to keep from doing other things around the house.