Choke or Comeback?

If there is one thing that sports fans can agree on, it's that there is nothing that sports fans can agree on. Some people like the designated hitter in baseball, others say it takes away the basic elements of the sport. There are both major fans and major critics of the BCS in college football. Even fans of a respective ...

Coach Cal, Memphis, and the State of U.S. Basketball

Free throws came back to haunt Memphis. For all their previous bluster, Chris Douglas-Roberts and Derrick Rose went 1-5 at the charity stripe down the stretch and it cost the Tigers the game. CDR and Rose choked. Rose "should have had enough basketball IQ to foul" Sherron Collins. The players have to take the lion's share of the blame. Is that it? Is that all ...

Three Shining Moments

At the end of every National Championship game for the past 21 years, CBS has aired a highlight montage while the song "One Shining Moment" by Luther Vandross is played in the background. It signifies different things for different people, but for me it always confirmed the thinking that in every game, there is one play, one basket, one defensive ...

Karma Police

The theme of National Semifinal Saturday wasn't the dominance of Chicago-bred point guards Derrick Rose (25 points, nine rebounds, four assists for Memphis) and Sherron Collins (11 points, four assists and load's of tough defense for Kansas). It wasn't UCLA going to their third consecutive Final Four and heading back to Los Angeles without a championship all three times. And ...

Historic Final Four

Two years ago, the 2006 Final Four featured a unique group of schools. Florida, UCLA, George Mason and LSU were the first quartet since 1980 to make college hoops' final weekend with no number one seeds remaining, included the sports all-time biggest Cinderella story in G.M. and had a combined record of 116-27 entering college basketball's premier event. Last season, the ...

The Final Four - UCLA-Memphis, Kansas-North Carolina: What’s In a Name?

Next Saturday in San Antonio will mark the first time four number one seeds will do an on-court two-step in the Final Four. UCLA-Memphis, Kansas-North Carolina will be the matchups. Saturday, UCLA boa constrictor-ed Xavier 76-57. The Bruins choked off most forays to the basket and in the process made 5'7" Musketeer point guard Drew Lavender look like a 4'7" Mouseketeer. ...

Looking Forward

If there was any question to why, last weekend provided an answer to the question about the nickname March Madness. Madness took place all across the NCAA Tournament bracket in a variety of ways, including: -Two 12 seeds advanced to the Sweet 16, the same number of two seeds that are still alive. -All four three seeds are still around but only ...

The Best Time of the Year

It's the best time of the year, March Madness. 65 teams, 64 games, six rounds, four regions, three weekends, and eventually, one champion. The only problem with it is that there's so much pressure to fill out that bracket and win your office/school pool (no gambling of course), it makes it tough to actually figure out where to start. Thankfully ...

Peaking At The Right Time

The calendar says that February is the shortest month of the year, as it ends two or three days before each of the other 11 months. But in college basketball, February is a long and winding road beating up teams on their march to March. Conference play is in full swing, injuries and suspensions are common and the unexpected upset ...

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