The Tournament Has Seriously Been Lacking Magic

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Awful Announcing found this 3/21/2008 on www.sportingnews.com [flag]
By Brian Powell Spencer and Shanoff already covered the most exciting underdog from last night in the Belmont Bruins, so I'm going to look into the most disappointing one: the George Mason Patriots. When I caught this pregame speech by Jim Laranaga it instantly took me back to Mason's 2003 run, and I was excited again after a day of lackluster basketball: Well that energy ... [link]

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Cinderella Could Be Dead
Published 3/21/2008 by Awful Announcing- at Awful Announcing
... I did a quick piece over at Sporting News about Cinderella being dead, and I wanted to share part of it in this space. I'm praying Friday's games will be better today and obviously that the announcing will in turn, but I don't see that happening unfortunately (on both accounts).... ...

Notre Damn Is ‘Poppin Their Collars Now’
Published 3/21/2008 by Chris Mottram at Mr. Irrelevant
... to ‘Cuse, so my only rooting interest left this March is for Jamie’s bracket to implode when Louisville loses today. UPDATE: After the jump the completely insane pre-game speech from Jim Larranaga. From The Sporting Blog (via ...

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Duke Escapes, but Is Exposed by Belmont - New York Times

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