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Our Look At An Eventful Weekend

Post author By Trevor
Post date March 20, 2007
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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?

Post author By Vin
Post date March 18, 2007
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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

Post author By Jackson Govatos
Post date March 17, 2007
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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

Post author By JDWC
Post date March 16, 2007
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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

Post author By Trevor
Post date March 11, 2007
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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.

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Looking Back On A March Story

Post author By Trevor
Post date March 4, 2007
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by Trevor Freeman

I am writing this article because every March I plug Hank Gathers’ name into the Yahoo search engine to see what articles come up. And every time I open up an old article, I cannot believe it has really been seventeen years since arguably the biggest tragedy in the history of college sports spawned one of its most remarkable stories.

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Majors on the Bubble

It’s almost March, and that means the college basketball world is about to be shaken like a dropped can of soda. I’m talking about BUBBLES, and lots of them.

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Second honeymoon over for Billy Donovan

Post author By bsd987
Post date February 15, 2007
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Never have I seen a college basketball game in which one team thoroughly outcoached, outplayed, and outmanaged the other so totally– and lost. Never.

Despite the fact that Florida seemingly had the game locked up with 35 seconds to go, up by nine; despite the fact that Kentucky had started only 1 out of 19 from three-point range, tying the worst start to a game in school history; despite the fact that Florida led the entire way, including by as much as 16 during the first half; despite the fact that Ramel Bradley, who entered the game hitting better than 86% of his free throws, went 3-8 from the line, Kentucky had a shot at the buzzer to force overtime. And it comes down to coaching.