Well, my stomach is full, my eyes are slightly rested (after staring at this laptop screen for over five hours), my bracket is intact (again, not gloating...I figure it can’t last long!), and Stanford is the eighth team to advance after drubbing Ivy League champ Cornell, 77-53, in a game that wasn’t nearly that close. So we proceed... I’m no different from any of you. As soon as I saw the bracket, my eyes lit up at the prospect of watching star freshmen Michael Beasley and O.J. Mayo trade hoops in the first round. It shouldn’t be any surprise to you, therefore, that Kansas State/USC will occupy the main place on my 60-inch television tonight. Other early games that will be fighting for a spot on the 32-inch screen: Belmont/Duke, Winthrop/Washington State (my upset special – I picked Winthrop), and the dreaded 8-9 game, Texas A&M/BYU. 7:07 Everyone is obviously making a big deal of Mayo vs. Beasley, but don’t forget Mayo vs. Bill Walker. O.J’s ...
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Five Questions with Conquest Chronicles
bringonthecats.com 3/20/2008 — The good folks over at Conquest Chronicles were kind enough to answer some questions about USC to give us a little more information about the Trojans for today's game. You can check out my answers to their questions at Conquest Chronicles . ...
Beasley, trio of Wildcats run away from Mayo-led Trojans
sportsline.com 3/21/2008 — OMAHA, Neb. -- Please meet the new Fab Five. You all know Michael Beasley. Now, let's introduce his very capable supporting cast: Bill Walker, Jacob Pullen, Ron Anderson and Dominique Sutton. Putting their own stamp on what was expected to be a ...
NCAA Bracket Watch: 16-0
sportsofboston.com 3/21/2008 — VIEW MY UPDATED BRACKET
In case you haven’t noticed, you can click the above link to view my bracket, and in the first day of play I picked all 16 games correct. Yes, thankfully Duke survived Belmont. Yes, thankfully I picked the one big upset of the day (11 seed winning) with Michael Beasley and Kansas State beating up on the pretty boys over at USC with OJ Mayo.
I even picked ...
Marquette edges Kentucky, everything else was over an hour ago
sports.yahoo.com 3/20/2008 — If
nothing else, Kentucky proved that they belong in the tournament with their
showing against Marquette. Joe Crawford, in what will be his final college game,
had 35 for the 'Cats, including an impossible three that kept them alive and
forced Marquette to sweat this one out.
Marquette just had a little too much. Jerel McNeal, Dominic James, and Lazar
Haywood combined for 50. The ...