Category Archives: NCAA Basketball

If you want to win some money in your tournament bracket, don’t follow Seth Davis’ advice

So I just won almost $600 by filling out the same March Madness bracket in two separate pools. How am I so awesome, do you ask? I didn’t read any of SI.com writer Seth Davis’ NCAA predictions. I was determined … Continue reading

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NCAA Tournament Bracket Contest Idea: Terms and Conditions

Here’s an interesting thought: to use iTunes, I have to sign a legal document acknowledging that I agree to Apple’s terms and conditions. I don’t pay for iTunes and I can’t make money off iTunes, but I still have to sign my personal rights away … Continue reading

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What’s So Special About Triple-Doubles?

Every year around this time, Missouri and Illinois play an intense basketball game with an extremely clever name: “Arch Madness.” For an MU Alumnus and an Illini hater like myself, this game is either a double-dip of wins for my … Continue reading

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David Larson Scores the Quietest 70 Points in Basketball History

Alternate Headline: “Statistics Fans Cheer Grinnell-Faith Box Score” Alternate Alternate Headline: “Grinnell and Faith Team Up To Let One Player Score Absurd Amount of Points” Alternate Cubed Headline: “Big Ten Scout Leaves D3 Game After 2 Minutes, 15 Possessions” In … Continue reading

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Breaking Down 2012 Olympic Basketball Teams

It may be a slow, dry evening for sports, but the Olympics are around the corner, and you can turn on your television sets tonight and watch the U.S. Basketball team beat the snot out of the Dominican Republic. (Interesting … Continue reading

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The Evergreen Emotional Turmoil of the NCAA Tournament

I can’t remember the first time I filled out an NCAA tournament bracket. It must have been 1997 or so and I probably used Dogpile or Alta Vista to do my research. I watched the online pool update at the … Continue reading

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A Shane Battier Head Disease Awareness Month Challenge to SpreeGoogs Readers

Typically, SpreeGoogs is the type of blog that makes nostalgic jokes and utterly important sports observations. Typically, our posts are meant to start goofy online conversations that you might otherwise have with your friends at a sports bar. Typically, we … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observation 67, UConn wins, we all lose

To everyone who has read SpreeGoogs throughout the NCAA tournament, thanks for sticking with me for all of my important observations. You’re welcome for the knowledge. Get ready for the ride now that I have less news to comment on … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observation 66 Kemba Walker for Player of the Year

66. UConn 56, Kentucky 55 — Kemba Walker wins games in the final seconds, even if he’s playing defense. I don’t care if Jimmer Fredette already won the Player of the Year award, Kemba Walker is the best college basketball … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observation 65 Butler is the people’s champion

*Before I get started — sorry for the lack of posts lately, you won’t believe how much work is required to finish a thesis. The bad news is that it’s so much more I imagined. The good news is that … Continue reading

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Revisiting the NBA JAM:TE Equivalents: Final Four edition

Hopefully you all remember one of my first posts about this year’s NCAA tournament where I power-ranked the teams and gave you an NBA JAM: TE equivalent for each of them. Well, it turns out that I was way off, … Continue reading

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A VCU Conspiracy Theory: The Number 11

Even after watching the whole VCU-Kansas game this afternoon, I still can’t believe that the Rams pulled it off. When it comes to VCU, there really isn’t anything that numbs the impact of their bigger and bigger upsets. I’m typically … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observation 64 Kentucky into Final Four

64. Kentucky 76, North Carolina 69, — In a season when no team could really stand out as the best, our final Four contains no 1-seeds or 2-seeds. This is the first time it’s ever happened like that. Ever. What … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 62 VCU in the Final Four

62. VCU 71, kansas 61 — a) The First Four is going to stick around for a while and b) God hates kansas a) Let me start off with how this game will affect the First Four in general. To … Continue reading

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2011 NCAA Basketball Important Observations 61-21 Butler, UConn earn Final Four berths

Did you notice what I noticed at the end of both of these games? Before I get into my Important Observations, I’d like to first profess my undying love for the quick two. Both of these games (Florida-Butler in regulation, … Continue reading

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