Showing posts with label march madness 2016. Show all posts
Showing posts with label march madness 2016. Show all posts
Thursday, April 07, 2016

All Work No Play Makes Master Bates a Winner

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For years Master Bates has been sending me his bracket just under (and sometimes just after) the deadline for our 3-man family battle royale...
Tuesday, April 05, 2016

That One Will Be Replayed Forever

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After Northern Iowa's amazing buzzer-beater from halfcourt beat Texas, Nails and I were talking about the greatest buzzer-beaters in tou...
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Monday, April 04, 2016

It Wouldn't Have Mattered

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Jim Boeheim was praised for changing his strategy against Virginia, shifting to a press and turning the game around. He made no such chance...
Tuesday, March 29, 2016

It's Really Real

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Just because I was sure that I had fallen asleep on the couch when Syracuse trailed Virginia by 15 points with 9 minutes to go and dreamed w...
Monday, March 28, 2016

It's So Crazy I Feel Like It's Not Real

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I admit it. I gave up. And this wasn't one of my half-hearted, prepare-for-the-worst give ups, this was the real-deal, game's-over...
Sunday, March 27, 2016

What A (Bria or Briana) Day!

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Today has the potential to be a monumental day in Syracuse basketball history. By the end of the day, we could have not one, but two teams ...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: #10 Syracuse vs. #11 Gonzaga

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What an awful start for the Orange. Gonzaga is made to attack the zone. They have good big men who can pass, and good outside shooters. An...
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Friday, March 25, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: Sweet 16 Friday

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#1 Virginia vs. #4 Iowa State So many games in this tournament have just been huge blowouts right from the very start and never really had...

Tournament Thoughts: Sweet 16 Thursday

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#2 Villanova vs. #3 Miami Villanova was probably the most dominant team throughout the first two rounds, and they came out like a house of...
Monday, March 21, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: A Few Things on My Mind

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With all I've written over the past four days, what else could there to be say? Well... The Pac-12 was clearly overrated. Ok, so sam...

Fantastic Finish

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The amazing game between Texas A&M and Northern Iowa was so memorable it deserves its own post. Oh my God What a finish. Some huge mi...
Sunday, March 20, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: #10 Syracuse vs. #15 Middle Tennessee

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Let's Go Orange! Michael Gbinije drinks pickle juice? And grape pedialyte? I actually read something about the company marketing pedi...

Tournament Thoughts: Second Round Saturday

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#3 Miami vs. #11 Wichita State Wichita State's stifling defense doesn't have a chance to set up when they can't hit a shot and...
Saturday, March 19, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: Late Friday

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#7 Wisconsin vs. #10 Pittsburgh Great start by Pitt. Wisconsin couldn't buy a bucket. Cute little Wisconsin fan screaming her head o...
Friday, March 18, 2016

Tournament Thoughts: Early Friday

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#2 Villanova vs. #15 UNC-Asheville Villanova playing like the top seed the purport to be. Asheville actually made some 3s and kept it clo...

Tournament Thoughts: Syracuse vs. Dayton

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First two shots are missed 3s by Cooney and Gbinije. Syracuse has no inside scoring, but they can't just settle for 3s. They need to d...

Tournament Thoughts: Late Thursday

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#3 Miami vs. #14 Buffalo Miami vs. Buffalo, reminds me of the AFC East. Miami point guard Angel Rodriguez played for Kansas State in 2012 ...
Thursday, March 17, 2016

Tournament Thoughts - Early Thursday

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#4 Duke vs. #13 UNC-Wilmington: Duke's Brandon Ingram is 6-foot-9 and only 190 el bees. That is not a lot of el bees for someone that...
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Wednesday, March 16, 2016

Upsets and Favorites

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Before March Madness gets going I thought I would share some thoughts about the bracket, unfortunately all my thoughts seem to be taken by e...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Bracket Breakdown

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Two big things are always debated right after the brackets are released: The best teams to get in -- the #1 seeds -- and the worst teams to...