Posts Tagged ‘National Champions’

ESPN = Master Of The Obvious

Wednesday, April 8th, 2009

I’m not sure if there’s been a more redundant headline written than the following:
“Connecticut Huskies finish unanimous No. 1 in ESPN/USA Today women’s college basketball poll”
Which goes to this article about the incredible run by the UConn Huskies, who finished off their impressive season by smoking the Louisville Cardinals to win the Women’s National Championship. [...]

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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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Tar Heel Fans Rush Franklin Street

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Ah, the post championship game “riot.” Nothing symbolizes victory like a heap of college students going ape shit at the popular campus spot. Such is the case with Carolina fans and Franklin Street after the Tar Heels dispatched Michigan State for their fifth national title. According to reports, about 30,000 students and [...]

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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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Dancing, Day 2 (Afternoon Session)

Friday, March 20th, 2009

Today starts KU’s defense of their National Championship. Does anyone — even the Jayhawk faithful — have them going very deep in the tournament? Probably not. Let’s put it this way, if Kansas successfully defends their title, ESPN would probably collapse on itself. They could be the least talked about defending [...]

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