ncaa-tournament Stories - The Crimson Quarry
A Wake Before The Funeral
What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object? We'll find out on March 18th. Meet Wake Forest. This game will be watching drunks trying to brawl. Neither belligerent will land a punch, and it will be viewed by both fanbases with equal measures of horror, embarassment, and...
Checking in with the Top 8
Never to early to start looking to March. Joe Lunardi has a pretty solid mid-season bracket here with the top eight seeds looking to be pretty good bets if they can hold serve the rest of the way. Of the eight, Texas is looking like the team most likely to get bumped off of the two line since...
John Wall to UK
No not the Island across the Atlantic you cheeky bastards. The fightin' Ashley Judds of Kentucky. John Wall pulled the trigger, figuratively of course, and decided on John Calipari's Kentucky Wildcats over Duke and Frank Haith's Miami Hurricanes. If you're scoring at home, Wall's addition makes...
"Athletic Director Garrett, Myles Brand on line 1."
Came across this today at Bruins Nation. The NCAA, apparently looking for economies of scale, has combined the OJ Mayo and Reggie Bush investigations into one giant dragnet trying to get to the bottom of USC's alleged widespread and systematic corruption. I'm sensing a vast cover up and...
Billy Clyde, Todd Wright, & Ty Lawson
Dude, I can get you a toe If Ty Lawson isn't healthy, the Elite 8 is UNC's best aspiration. For all of the media's Tyler Hansborough love, he isn't the best player on Carolina's basketball team. Without Ty Lawson pushing the break, D'ing up, and dropping 15 points with 8 dimes, UNC is ripe for...
NCAA Bracket Analysis
Using my college basketball ratings, I ran an analysis on the NCAA tournament. I only used the power and standard deviation numbers, not the ones that account for wins and losses, so teams that make a habit of winning close games will not be adjusted in this run. This is the first time I've run...
It's Gopher Season
Come aboard. We've been expecting you Minnesota was the best draw this Texas team could have hoped for in the first round - and not just because their regional accent is funnier than ours. Tubby Smith should be commended for getting this Minnesota Golden Gophers team into the tournament, but...
Who Are Your Number 1 Seeds?
I'll be taking a trip to Vegas for the second weekend of March Madness and my inner gambler needs to get a public consensus on who the number 1 seeds are going to be. Give me your rationale as well as your pound of flesh guarantee of not only who is going to be granted the golden ticket, but who...
The NCAA needs tickets
For those of you wondering, the NCAA is not in business to split up dollars from TV contracts, March Madness and bowl games. How do I know? Myles Brand tells me so everytime he is interviewed and because they say so right there on their website. Our purpose is to govern competition in a fair,...
Sunday's NCAA games
Happy Easter everyone. I may be in a minority around here on this, but last night, I actually said "Poor Aggies" and didn't mean it derisively. They played a tough game, and if they had any offense to speak of, they'd have won that game pretty easily. No doubt the Ags' defense played a part, but...
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