rushthecourt.wordpress.com - 1/18/2008
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Today SI’s Grant Wahl published his annual January synopsis of the eight teams that he feels have sufficient chops to win the national title in April. He likes to point out that in the eight previous years of doing this article, he’s been correct in seven of them ( the one miss: 2003 with Syracuse ). FYI, here is a spreadsheet of his Magic Eight picks for each year since its ...
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Vegas Watch —
BBTF hands out some Gold Gloves. Listen, Buster. Listen. He listened! The Post not making much sense. Carl echoes the same thoughts, except Carl is joking. Sheehan's '08 breakout candidates. Duke or UNC? Shaughnessy at it again. Jack Morris for the HoF? In that case, how about Rob Nen? Grant Wahl doesn't include UNC in his "Magic Eight". His reasoning behind this is questionable (see update).
Breakfast of Champions 1/22
Storming the Floor —
... realizing that they had the worst basketball team in the BCS, Oregon State decided to shitcan coach John Jay (College Hoops Journal) We love Bucknell coach Pat Flannery (I've got ties there) but we are in now way surprised that he was suspended a game for yelling at the refs ( ESPN ) Bally's arch nemesis? (Mid-Majority) How about some love for the seniors? (Seth Davis, SI) Picking apart Grant Wahl's Magic 8 (Rush the Court)
The Teams That Shouldn't Quit Playing This Season
Super, Scintillating and Sarcastic —
... thing, picking the eight teams he feels can win a title (with a great critique from Rush the Court). He boasts that the national title winner has come out of that group all but once (2003) since 2000, but with eight teams, I'm not all that impressed. Instead, I'm going to lay out a formula that I have long equated with NCAA success and see which teams fit that mold. This is all based on who is best equipped to win six NCAA Tournament games in row. Nothing else. ...
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evilmonkeycma.blogspot.com 1/18/2008 — Maryland defeats UNC. This is a huge lift for Maryland, and lessens the aura of dominance surrounding the Tar Heels. However, for all intents and purposes this loss did nothing to the Tar Heels, as they maintained their seeding in many seed lists ...
