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Why I (and everyone else should) Hate Duke
Why I (and everyone else should) Hate Duke
Sparty Note: Many of you have hearing since November about the potential of a “Duke Sucks” post. This was a task assigned to one of the writers who has the most experience watching them up close and personal, guyinthecorner. Now that the season is almost over, I thought I would ...
NCAA Bracket Picks
NCAA Bracket Picks
bankrollsports.com — NCAA Bracket Predictions The time is finally here and all 65 ballots to the big dance are... now official for the NCAA Tournament. Shortly after a few of the conferences rounded up their championship tournament games early Sunday the selection crew released the first look at the brackets that ... (more) NCAA Bracket Picks
Please pay no attention to the RPI ratings
Please pay no attention to the RPI ratings
rivals.yahoo.com — College basketball's RPI ratings are sort of like TV weathermen. They're both unrepentantly unreliable, routinely give erroneous... information and yet each is still held in high reverence by the masses. It doesn't matter how many times Al Roker blows a ... (more) Please pay no attention to the RPI ratings
The Upset Special
The Upset Special
edthesportsfan.com — Is the reason why you watch the NCAA Tournament. March Madness, if you will. You watch it... just like you watch a movie, a thrilling TV series (The Wire, 24 comes to mind), or when the club lets out at 2 in morning and you see a fight break out, and you know better that its time to go yet...you ... (more) The Upset Special
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LOTD: Devendorf’s Oh-So-Close Release Leads to Syracuse-UConn 6 OT Instant Classic
Midwest Sports Fans — ... (BBC.co.uk) Sorry Pacers, the answer’s no — (IndyStar) Mark McGwire speaks! — (NY Times) 2009 Culture Tournament voting has begun — (The Big Lead) OfftheTracks.org has a new location for its Purdue obsession — (Hammer and Rails) It’s a beautiful day for a ballgame, let’s play two! — (Josh Q. Public) Why I (and everyone else should) Hate Duke — (Sparty and Friends) ...

Happy Hour: Batting Around
Sparty and Friends — ... really got the fans into it. GITC was up to bat next…he bunted Sparty over to third with the incomplete version of the Duke post…it was scored a sacrifice, but GITC reached safely on an infield error. 1st and 3rd no outs. Batting third was Gator Trey who nearly took the pitch deep with a ...

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