After yesterday’s late upsets (Lehigh over Duke?!? Ohio over Michigan?!? Norfolk State over Missouri?!?), today has so far run true to form, with all the higher seeds winning. Syracuse, Ohio State, Marquette and Wisconsin have moved forward. Hopes for an upset rest on VCU v. Indiana this afternoon. After Norfolk State beat Missouri yesterday, there …
Deservedly so, however. When you lose the conference tournament championship, go 23-11 on the year but 12-6 in a conference which had a pretty bad year, that’s a recipe for being in the NIT. Oh well. Bear Down, Arizona.
It looks like the latest attempt to get an NBA season going has collapsed. I can’t say I’m surprised. When the owners start out with the position that the previous agreement with the players, which gave them 57% of basketball revenue (I think that leaves out TV money), was way too much and should be …
Hoo boy. Brian Fischer of the evangelical American Family Association asserted yesterday that by singing “God Bless America” instead of “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” baseball has saved us from more 9/11-style tragedies. “By God’s blessing, we have not been hit by a Muslim attack since 9/11,” Fischer said. “I suggest that in …
For the first time in a long time I don’t have a rooting interest in either of the two semifinal games. Butler or VCU would both satisfy my “cheer for the underdog” need in the championship, and I don’t have strong feelings about UConn or Kentucky. I lived in New London, CT from ages six …
I managed to watch the second half of the VCU upset over Kansas between mopping my drippy nose. I’m still shocked. I’m also waiting for Jay Bilas to acknowledge that he screwed up big time on ESPN by saying that VCU didn’t deserve its invitation to the tournament. I expect to be waiting a long …
v. Go Wildcats!
Now that the field of 68 has been whittled down to 16 in the NCAA Men’s Tournament, which team nicknames remain? In the East Regional we’ve got the OSU Buckeyes, the Kentucky Wildcats, the Marquette Golden Eagles and the UNC Tar Heels. In the West Regional the remaining teams are the Duke Blue Devils, the …
I see that Harvard and Princeton finished the Ivy League season with identical 12-2 records and are having a playoff game today to determine which team gets the league’s automatic birth in the NCAA Tournament. I further see that the league has determined the game should be played at a neutral site which will confer …
Butler, home to 4,200 students, defeats Michigan State, home to 42,000 students. For a while in the second half I thought nobody was ever going to hit a field goal again, but each team finally did. It sure wasn’t pretty. Look at the box score: Butler shot 30.6% from the floor, MSU shot 42.9%. From …