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Category Archives: NCAA Basketball
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 59-60, Kentucky/Ohio State, VCU/FSU
59. Kentucky 62, Ohio State 60 — Who would have thought that the SEC would be the only conference to get two Elite 8 teams? Yes, it ruins everyone’s brackets because we all thought Ohio State was going to make … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 57-58 UNC/Marquette, KU/Richmond
57, 58. North Carolina 81, Marquette 63; kansas 77, Richmond 57 — The good news about upsets is that they make the tournament exciting; the bad news is that sometimes they create huge mismatches in subsequent rounds. Wow. Not only were … Continue reading
Posted in Current Sports Commentary, Important Observations, NCAA Basketball
Tagged Kansas, Marquette, NCAA Tournament, North Carolina, Richmond, UNC
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Jimmer Fredette and the NBA Draft
With last night’s loss, Jimmer Fredette has officially played his last college basketball game. And it was a great career. He scored a lot of points and won a lot of games, but most importantly, he put BYU basketball back … Continue reading
Posted in Current Sports Commentary, NBA Basketball, NCAA Basketball
Tagged BYU, BYU Cougars, Jimmer Fredette, NBA Draft, Steph Curry
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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 55-56 Zona/Duke, Butler/Wisco
Opening note that is important but not related directly to the games tonight — The Three-goggles trend is stupid. If players stopped yesterday it would be months too late. I don’t know who thought of this or who encourages it, … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 53-54 UConn/SDS, Florida/Jimmer
How about that start to the Sweet 16 round? Two great games. Two equally great Important Observations. I’m still festing from the BYU-Florida end. 53. Connecticut 74, San Diego St. 67 — Kemba Walker is fantastic, but the key to … Continue reading
Top 11 things we learned from the first weekend of the 2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament
The last four days have been a constant and overpowering stream of non-stop college basketball. And it came at you from every angles possible. If you weren’t careful, you may have been knocked helplessly to the ground and swept away, … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 50-52 Marquette/Cuse, kansas/Illini, FSU/ND
We’re already through the first two rounds of this year’s tournament? It went by so fast. Check out my last few Important Observations and then make sure you stat with SpreeGoogs for some loosely-related tournament coverage in the couple of … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 47-49 OSU/GM, Zona/Texas, Purdue/VCU
47. Ohio State 98, George Mason 66 — Jared Sullinger is good, but Ohio State is the number one overall seed because of all the three-point shooters. David Lighty was 7/7 from deep this game, and the team was 16-26. … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona, David Lighty, George Mason, Jared Sullinger, Ohio State, Purdue, Texas, VCU
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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 45-46 UNC/Washington, Duke/Michigan
Two exciting games so far, let’s hope this keeps happening today. 45. North Carolina 86, Washington 83 — Officials in basketball make more subjective calls than those in other sports and they have a much bigger impact at the end … Continue reading
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Tagged Duke, Kyrie Irving, Michigan, North Carolina, Washington
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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 43-44 Wisco/KSU, UConn/Cincy
43. Wisconsin 70, Kansas State 65 — Jacob Pullen simultaneously kept K-State in this game and lost it for them. In a bunch of ways, Jacob Pullen was the only reason K-State had a chance to beat Wisco in this … Continue reading
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Tagged Big East, Cincinnati, Jacob Pullen, Kansas State, UConn, Wisconsin
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2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 40-42 SDS/Temple Butler/Pitt BYU/Gonzaga
What an afternoon. I’m exhausted from all the activity. NCAA Tournament spectator dictionary: Festing- (v.) when the emotion of watching the closing moments of a college basketball game brings a spectator (who is at this point not watching the game … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observation 39 Richmond
39. Richmond 65, Morehead St. 48 — Even though it’s worth the same number of points in you bracket, picking the big surprise team is way more satisfying. What I like about the NCAA tournament is that everyone has a bracket, … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 37-38 Kentucky/WVU, FLorida/UCLA
Looks like we have a whole slate of games that appear to be interesting today. So far, all of my top 11 teams form the power rankings are still alive, which is sort of a problem. I’d love to say … Continue reading
2011 NCAA Basketball Tournament: Important Observations 33-36
What a blitz of a first round. Hope you’ve been keeping up with my Important Observations so far, here’s the finale of the first round: 33. Illinois 73, UNLV 62 — Illinois is better than anyone thought. If you’re reading … Continue reading
Posted in Current Sports Commentary, Important Observations, NCAA Basketball
Tagged Georgetown, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana St., Isaiah Thomas, NCAA Tournament, Syracuse, UNLV, USC, VCU, Washington
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if there was a way to impregnate an audience via vocal passion during a telecast, Gus Johnson would be the father of a nation.
Let me scrape myself off the floor. I’ll recap this game when I put my life back together. I don’t have my computer with me right now, and I don’t feel like typing a whole post on my phone, so … Continue reading →
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