Cram Session: Farewell, weekend one

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 Cram Session: Farewell, weekend one
If there's one thing about the NCAA Tournament that feels sad, it's that its first weekend is its best. That's all well and good for us on, say, Wednesday; the tension and angst and anxiety make the first weekend of the tournament seem like a holiday all in itself. The problem is that instead of building into a slow crescendo like other playoff systems typically do, the first weekend ... [link]

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That was awesome
Published 3/24/2008 by PostmanE at The Postmen // A Sports Blog // Chicago, IL.
... people watching than to lose by 80 in the second round. Dodged a bullet there. And through all that, Duke-hate ran strong. Joe Alexander feels it: This is where I brag that I picked West Virginia to beat Duke. I did. Yay. Now that that’s over, shameless links to things I wrote: Saying goodbye to the first weekend of the tournament, and celebrating Stephen Curry’s awesome shoes at The Dagger Awkward Duke hate at The Dagger Eulogizing Indiana at ...

Texas Tech Tuesday Morning Notes - They Can't All Fall In Edition
Published 3/25/2008 by Seth C <info@doubletnation.com> at Double-T Nation: Front Page Posts
Double-T Nation News: For those of you who haven't figured it out, it's going to get quite a bit more quiet around here after the completion of spring practice. If there's anything that you'd like me to research or write about, then drop me a line. As of right now, my plate consists of the following: individual basketball reviews, a much closer look at the the basketball team's performance, a season in review (see here or here), football community projections (see here and here), and whatever else I can think of to make DTN chug along until August. ...

Duke Sneaker Art
Published 3/25/2008 by Dan Steinberg at D.C. Sports Bog
Duke Sneaker Art The best sneaker art I saw at the D.C. subregional came in the Xavier locker room, where someone had written "Sweet 16" on his kicks. The best I've seen nationwide came on Stephen Curry's shoes, which read "I Can do all things." But these are mere insignificant trifles compared to the sneakers in the Duke women's locker room, which are easily the best Division I kicks I've ever seen. The artwork is done by freshman Karima Christmas; "that's called the Karima font; it's trademarked," one of the other Devils told me. "You just say, 'Hey Karima, freak sum'," ...

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