Posts Tagged ‘Big Dance’

March Madness: The Magnificent 12 Is Set

Friday, March 28th, 2008

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Until the field is reduced to eight teams tonight, I figured I’d have a little fun with the 12 remaining while focusing on the teams that won last night. Xavier beat West Virginia, North Carolina rolled Washington State, Tennessee [...]

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Dying By The Three

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Duke missed 15 consecutive from behind the arc while going down — miserably — to the West Virgina Mountaineers, 73-67. The score is a lot closer than the game was, especially in the second half. Duke finished 5-22 from behind the arc, after starting 2 of 3.
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Since making the [...]

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SI Decides To Jinx The Whole Damn Tournament

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

By having regional covers for their Big Dance issue, Sports Illustrated has evidently decided to see just how many teams they can jinx. Here are all six covers in thumbnail form. Click for a bigger image:
    
    
I hope those SI covers don’t wreck your bracket too badly.

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Conference Tournaments Update

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

In case you may have missed it, there’s a ton of basketball on the air this weekend, leading up to that thing they call “The Big Dance,” which starts next Thursday — can you feel the synergy? A number of conference tournament games have already concluded this afternoon and the winners probably won’t surprise [...]

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Intentional Upset: Welcome To The Dance, Portland State

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

The Vikings of Portland State are going to the Big Dance for the first time in the school’s history, thanks to a 64-51 victory over Northern Arizona. Leading Portland State in scoring was Deonte Huff, who finished with 17 points. Them winning their conference tournament culminates a great season for the Vikings who [...]

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Intentional Upset: Another Bubble Spot Goes Down

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

You just have to know folks connected to the universities of Florida and Syracuse (and other bubble teams) have been watching the mid-major basketball tournaments with a sense of trepidation, wondering if one of these smaller schools would knock them out of the running for a invitation to the Big Dance.
Well, you can add Sun [...]

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