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In a word, no. The whole rumor that Dave Odom had been offered the Virginia job came from one careless article in the Washington Post. A few other papers mentioned that Odom was being targeted, but no others said that he’d gotten the offer. So, either the Post had scooped the hometown Charlottesville paper as…
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I was wrong. I admit it. I said last week that I thought Michigan State would beat UNC in the Final Four. I don’t mind eating crow on this one because A) I wanted UNC to win and B) I’ve watched sports for way too long to think I can accurately pick games. To be…
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Man, I never saw this coming. Virginia Athletic Director Craig Littlepage announced last night that UVA had hired former North Carolina coach Dean Smith as their new basketball coach. Obviously, Coach Smith is too old to coach for long, but he says he plans to coach for at least five years and he’ll reevaluate after…
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All-Ugly teams are always fun. It’s just a fact. There’s something about pointing out the particularly gruesome among a group of millionaire athletes. This list is particularly funny. BTW, if there is an ACC All-Ugly team (and by God, I’m gonna make one some day), Johnny Rhodes has to be the captain.
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Barry Jacobs has a great table up at the DBR listing Duke and Carolina’s Final Four appearances. It really is remarkable to see it displayed like that. In the past 20 years, or since the tournament expanded to 64 teams, there have been only four years that neither team made the Final Four. The longest…
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Since I’m not a responsible member of any sort of media institution, I have the ability – nay, the obligation – to spread rumors. An intrepid reader (and power-blogger himself) sent me two juicy rumors last night. I figured I’d share them, because that’s what the Internets are for, right? The first is the highly…
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Yeah, the weekend games are long over now and have been rehashed to death by everyone with a keyboard … but I’m gonna have a quick go at them too. Better late than never, right? First of all, I think I’ll point out the obvious – that was a quality collection of regional finals! Incredible.…
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Man, what a great long weekend of basketball! We had it all – upsets, heartbreakers, buzzer-beaters, great individual performances, comebacks, etc. Basically, last weekend served as an example of everything that is great about college basketball. The thing is, there was so much goodness, that I couldn’t find time to write about it. I’ll try…
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So long Big 12. It was nice playing with you, but I believe you need to run along home now. You have no teams left in the Big Dance (or the little one either). There have only been four NCAA games since my last update, but there have been a handful of NIT games on…
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With three area teams playing on the same day in the NCAA Tournament, it’s a bit pointless to try to point out links where you can read about the game. It’s kind of like pointing out a fat person at Ryans – they’re everywhere so why single any out? Instead of surfing all over for…