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Why Kevin Durant Should Stay In School

by Trevor Freeman

For the next month and a half, Kevin Durant will be inundated with people whispering that he would be a fool to not declare for the NBA Draft.  They will tell Durant about the $70 million that Nike will throw at him.  Agents will give him the same treatment that “Vinny Chase” got when he cruelly decided to explore the option of replacing “Ari Gold”.  Writers will talk about how if the goal of college is to get a great education so you can get a good job, that Durant has already done enough to accomplish this goal.  What nobody has done is articulate the other side.  The reasoning for why he should stay in school.  That’s where I come in.  So Kevin, if you’re reading make sure you take the following five things into account before voting “yes” on the money and “no” on Texas.      

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Our Look At The Final Four

By Trevor Freeman

Goosebumps.  That was what filled my arm down the stretch of the Georgetown-North Carolina game as I watched the Hoyas rally back to deliver a revenge punch that had been twenty-five years in the making.  And I’ll be quite honest…….I was worried that this Elite Eight was going to leave us wanting for more.  I thought the only goosebumps I was going to get all weekend was from a second viewing of last Wednesday’s “Friday Night Lights” (“friends……friends….Texas forever….Texas forever man”).  Then the last seven minutes of regulation and overtime gave us the stirring comeback we had been dying for all weekend.  

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Hot or Not: March Madness

By Billy Fellin

    Welcome to article number 357423 written about March Madness here on Sportscolumn written within the past week or two. Two rounds into the tournament and Cinderella has yet to show her face. Two rounds in, there are hot trends emerging and things we just want to stop now and be done with. Here are some of those; here is Hot or Not.

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Our Look At An Eventful Weekend

By Trevor Freeman

Treeemendous Saturday.  I know there is a God and that he loves us when he provides a weekend like this past one.  Is there a more underrated happening than when St. Patrick’s Day and the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament link up?  Barrooms filled with people rallying behind a team like Xavier as they try to knock off Ohio State.  Loud roars each time a big shot puts a game into overtime.  Maybe this year I did not get the full eight hour St. Patty’s experience, but the afternoon I spent barhopping reminded me of why this day is New York’s version of Mardi Gras.  

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You are about to bet on March Madness. Cancel or Allow?

CANCEL! CANCEL! CANCEL! I’m not stupid enough to actually bet cash on the tournament since I’m not up on my college bball this year (aside from throwing $50 away on office pools) but I am part of a contest from nbx.com called Battle of the Blogs. Instead of a bracket, they do a contest where you start with 100,000 points and you can bet on each game. Good thing it’s not real cash or I’d be selling blood and sperm right now.

I waded slowly into the betting pool, putting down 100 or 500 points on BC over Texas Tech, Louisville over Standford, Michigan State over Marquette, and various other games. Amazingly I went 11-3-1 to begin the contest. However, from Friday to Sunday, it seemed that college basketball was fixed. Against me specifically. I dropped 16 straight bets. 16. You could flip a coin and not do anywhere near as bad.

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Ten Predictions for March Madness

The most entertaining sports weekend of the year is heading our way. Sixty four teams will be whittled down to 16 in a crazy four-day rush of non-stop college basketball. While every person worth knowing has already filled out a bracket, here are ten March Madness predictions anyway.

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The Madness That is March

Ahh, yes, it’s finally time. March: the most exciting month of the year. What could be greater than Spring Training, the final stretches of the NBA and NHL regular seasons, and my sister’s birthday all wrapped into one month?! Just kidding, it’s all about NCAA hoops during March.

March Madness is by far the most exciting time of year for sports. Sure, you’ve got the Super Bowl in January or February which is always exciting (unless Rex Grossman or Rich Gannon is quarterbacking one of the teams), and the World Series in the fall. But nothing, NOTHING compares to March Madness. From filling out brackets to Joakim Noah’s terrible dances, everything about the tournament is entertaining.

By no means am I a college basketball buff, but I know enough to be competitive in my bracket pools, and somehow I always get a fair share of my upsets right. So, while this isn’t a guide to base your picks on (you slackers who haven’t already filled one out…), but rather an overview of my foolish picks. So here goes nothing…

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The March Madness Roadmap

By David J. Cohen

It’s the greatest journey in all of sports. It’s a time when George Mason’s can be made and Duke’s can be broken. A time when buzzer-beaters become cooler talk. A time when that sure-fire team leaves you scratching your head as the secretary wins the office pool for the 10th year in a row.

March Madness is here. It’s a long journey, so you’ll need a good map. I’ll be your guide for what lies ahead.

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Breaking Down The March Madness

by Trevor Freeman

Chicken Wings.  Cinderellas.  Yuengling.  Bracket Busters.  Nachos.  Harold Arcenaux.  Budweiser.  Sweet 16.  Jalapeno Poppers.  Bryce Drew.  Chicken Fingers.  Elite Eight.  Sierra Nevada Pale Ale.  Bo Kimble.  Mozzarella Sticks.  $20 a bracket, winner take all.  Jack Daniels.  Final Four.  Do you feel it?  Is it in your blood yet?  Is your body ready for the monthlong binge that is the greatest sporting event on the planet?  Are you ready for the Madness?    

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Hype in Huggieville

Differing opinions. What else would you expect in March? Some believe that the Kansas State Wildcats have already punched their ticket to “The Dance”, while others (so-called experts) believe otherwise. Whether it is the NIT or the NCAA Tournament, K-State fans have a reason to smile. Finally.

After the fall of the K-State basketball program and the emergence of the football team, things have switched back to the way they originally were. The Wildcat football team showed glimpses of their old self under highly-touted freshman quarterback Josh Freeman, who led the team to the Texas Bowl where they were promptly blasted by “America’s Team”- Rutgers, but the program doesn’t seem promising under Ron Prince. As things turned to the hardwood though, and as excitement blossomed on the Manhattan campus with the arrival of the Bob Huggins regime, this team has done what no one saw coming.