Posts Tagged ‘March Madness’

Odds-On Favorites (College Basketball)

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

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Are we heading for a Bill Self/John Calipari National Championship rematch next March? If you are going by the newly-released betting odds for the upcoming college basketball season, then yes, Kansas and Kentucky will be favorites when the season [...]

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Your Bacon Explosion Winner

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

All of the bracket challenge scores have been tallied and the winners have been announced … well, except for here. The winner of the 2009 Bacon Explosion Bracket Challenge is, none other than ASU Jon from SportsRubbish.com. Jon’s winning bracket scored him 1540 points and his bracket was in the were 99.3 percentile. [...]

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Danny Green Dances College Basketball Away

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

And just like that, she was gone. Like a thief in the night, stealing your heart away, college basketball can be a cruel mistress. Does she return the love you so willingly give? Not usually, but that’s what keeps us coming back for more. Considering the way things work in sports, [...]

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Best Dunk of the Tournament?

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Now that the nets have been cut down — congratulations, North Carolina — college basketball begins its fade into the forgotten fog, making way for all things Major League Baseball, NBA Playoffs and Tiger Woods (NASCAR, too). Before we close the book on the 08/09 season, one more trip down memory lane can’t hurt. [...]

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North Carolina Shines

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

And just as easily as it began, college basketball closed the book on another season with the crowning of North Carolina as National Champions, doing so in dominant fashion. By now, you’ve been recapped enough — Side note: is it just coincidence Stuart Scott was on-hand to recap the game as ESPN’s late-night [...]

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Final Dance: Michigan State and North Carolina

Monday, April 6th, 2009

There’s a basketball game of some note on tonight. The college basketball National Championship. You might have heard of it. After one of the more underwhelming Final Four Saturdays in recent memory — sorry, even with Michigan State’s “upset” of UConn, there just wasn’t a great deal of compelling basketball coming through [...]

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