Posts Tagged ‘Conference Tournaments’

Bubbles Burst (March Madness)

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Time for you afternoon conference tournament update. Lots of stuff going on this Friday the 13, which was quite unlucky for teams like Kentucky, Minnesota (Possible NIT match-up?), and Virginia Tech, all of whom saw their tournament bubble with conference tournament losses. All three teams needed to at least get to their respective [...]

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Mike Singletary Is The Man (March Madness)

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

One of the better ways to comeback from a 22-point deficit in basketball is to have one of your players go on an absolutely bonkers scoring tear. Simply overwhelm the team that’s ahead with so much offense, by the time they react, it’s too late. It also helps your comeback efforts once a [...]

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It’s a March Madness Kind of Day

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

We’re all about college basketball today. There’s a ton of stuff to go over, and I thought the Mario Chalmers shot would be a great way to kick to our meme off. I’m still surprised Calipari didn’t have someone, anyone, foul after Derrick Rose made his second free throw. That’s the difference [...]

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KU or OU? (Number 1 Seeds)

Monday, March 2nd, 2009

Ah. The month that puts the “March” in “March Madness” is upon us. Talks of bubbles being burst, pods, regional finals and number 1 seeds increase exponentially. Conference tournaments. Joe Lunardi is fired up. Brackets are being postulated. It’s the most wonderful time of the year, especially if its [...]

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Patrick Ewing, Jr Hammers Villanova

Friday, March 14th, 2008

Oh, how I love a vicious fast break dunk, especially one that involves hanging on the rim. So imagine my joy when Patrick Ewing, Jr threw down that monster breakaway jam against Villanova yesterday.
Aside: for some reason, the video still hasn’t been updated but believe me, the video is there:

I’d say Patrick Ewing I [...]

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Intentional Upset: The Big East Was Full of It Last Night

Friday, March 14th, 2008

I’ll say this for the Big East: They certainly now how to entertain during their conference tournament… and they provide good upset fodder. Just ask Louisville and Notre Dame. Both teams were higher seeds than their opponents and both teams were unceremoniously bounced from the Big East tournament. Louisville was given [...]

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