I was just talking to a Tar Heel fan yesterday about Butch Davis and the impact that they hope he has on the UNC football program. Little did either of us know that Davis had been recently diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma after a tumor was removed from his mouth. Davis seems to be playing down…
After filling out pool sheets, the second most popular NCAA Tournament pastime might be comparing conference performance. Everybody keeps track of who has how many teams left. Conferences are ranked by various arbitrary measures – number of bids, number of Sweet Sixteen teams, number of Final Four squads, total wins, winning percentage, etc. Each of…
If you missed me last week, you have another shot tonight. I’ll be on CampusFans.com tonight at 6pm Eastern. We’ll be talking about the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament and probably about how the ACC flopped. By the way, I talked to Michael Riccio, who hosted my show last week and will again tonight,…
Not a good start to the NCAA Tournament for the ACC, huh? Unfortunately, I’m not terribly surprised. I mentioned briefly on this site and again on one or two of my radio interviews that the ACC was poised for a tough first two rounds of the tourney. Only Carolina would be a heavy favorite to…
Stephon Curry is the best 12-year-old basketball player I’ve ever seen. I understand now why the big schools missed out on him. They didn’t think to scout the middle school courts at recess. Maryland fell asleep defensively in the first half, maybe not respecting Curry’s babyface, but did what they needed to do in the…
I’m not going to put together any long lists of links to NCAA Tournament info this week. Seriously, you need help finding that stuff? But there are a few sources of info that might just be a bit better than most to help you fill out those brackets. Luke Winn at SI.com has had some…
This is what happens when you have mixed marriages.
Before we get too excited about the upcoming NCAA Tournament, I want to take a quick look back at the ACC Tournament. Despite what many were saying, I don’t think it was really a fantastic tournament. Yes, there were a lot of close games and that made it exciting but close does not always equal…
If last week’s Internet radio appearance wasn’t enough to slake your Dave-thirst (and I’m sure it wasn’t), then you’ll get another shot on Wednesday. At about 5 (Eastern), I’ll be doing an interview on the new site CampusFans.com. This site is a brand new one founded by Bill Rasmussen, the guy (one of the guys?)…
Random, quick thoughts upon seeing the brackets: Seven teams for the ACC! Very cool for the conference and for Georgia Tech. Seven teams for the ACC could be a trap. Only two, UNC and UVA, are seeded to reach the Sweet Sixteen, and we all know that Virginia isn’t really good enough to warrant a…