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Sorry for the NBA post on a day when all three Triangle ACC teams play in the Sweet Sixteen, but this is too good to pass on. NBA scrub Paul Shirley (never heard of him) has a little blog over on NBA.com. Now, not too many NBA players would be capable of writing a grammatically…
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Ken Pomeroy gives a nice, stat-laden preview/analysis of tonight’s Louisville-Washington game. I agree with him that this is the best game of the night, but Oklahoma State-Arizona is a damn close second. Yesterday, Ken gave a nice preview of all eight games along with plenty o’ links on the Illinois v. Bruce Pearl story (have…
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I had plans earlier this week to do some combing through Charlie Board’s fantastic site along with the official ACC site to get some good, interesting stats about the ACC’s performance in the NCAA tournament. Then, when I looked at the ACC’s weekly release, I realized that they’d already done a great job! So, instead,…
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Maryland obviously had a trying season. Everyone, including themselves, expected much better things than an NIT berth. When a team fails like that, it’s usually because of one of two reasons – either the players were overrated or the team just never meshed. In this case, I’d say it’s mostly the later. A nearly identical…
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Well, it’s about time! Finally, the unheralded J.J. Redick is getting some deserved attention. It seemed like this day would never come, but now it has, and the sun seems a little brighter, the flowers a little more colorful and the birds more sonorous. Yes, J.J. Redick at long last has a fan site. Thanks…
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I haven’t linked much to the Mid-Majority website (“blog” just doesn’t do it justice), largely because I just don’t have the time to read it. It’s a phenomenal site written by Kyle Whelliston about mid-major (duh) basketball programs. One of the guiding frameworks to the content of his site was Kyle’s quest to attend 100…
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Here’s something I did not know. According to the USA Today (and we know they are never wrong), the tradition of cutting down the nets after a big victory began with Everett Case at NC State. Hat tip to Lorenzo Charles (no, I don’t think it’s the real one) of the Sports Shack for the…
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J.J. Redick and Chris Paul were each named to the first team AP All-America team. Sean May was selected for the second team and Shelden Williams and Raymond Felton landed on the third team. The selections mean that all five first team All-ACC performers were named as All-Americans. Illinois’ entire three-guard backcourt made the team,…
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With all the focus locally on the three ACC teams and the possibility that NC State and UNC could meet for a trip to the Final Four, it’s easy to gloss over the other upcoming NCAA games. There are several interesting games – Texas Tech and Bobby Knight vs. West Virginia, Utah vs. Kentucky and…
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I don’t normally post about baseball, especially during basketball season, but this is too weird to pass up. While watching the tournament this weekend (or maybe it was while watching SportsCenter) I saw an old Alex Rodriguez commercial. It’s the one where his doorman throws him a ball while he’s jogging and later a reporter…