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Live Blog: 2010 Sweet Sixteen, Day Two

7:04:  Not sure that it can get better than last night, but a man can hope, can’t he? 7:05:  Looks like the first game is between the team I dubbed the “new favorite” after the first two rounds against a … Continue reading

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Live Blog: 2010 Sweet Sixteen, Day One

7:04:  Well, here we go.  The Sweet Sixteen is simply awesome.  In the first double-header we have Syracuse-Butler and West Virginia-Washington.  Should be two good ones, obviously.  It should be very interesting to see how Butler deals with the Syracuse … Continue reading

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CTC Final Recap: Everything Falls Right For Bry As He Wins His Third Straight Overall Title

So, with the whole conference tournament season basically taking over my life for two weeks (don’t worry, I’m not complaining at all), I had some work and life catch-up to do directly afterwards.  But, I wanted to publish the final … Continue reading

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NCAA First Weekend Awards

On the eve of the Sweet Sixteen, let’s take a quick look back at how we got here.  Jam-packed into not even 90 hours, there were 1950 game minutes of hoops this weekend, most of which Doogan and I (with a lot … Continue reading

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So…Now Who?

Let’s be honest, if you didn’t pick Kansas in your bracket to win it all, it was for some reason aside from a belief that they were not the best team in the country.  There are plenty of respectable reasons … Continue reading

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I Think They Got it Wrong

First of all, I want to start this by saying that I am very, very reticent to criticize the NCAA tournament men’s Selection Committee because I think they have a ridiculously difficult job.  Not only do they have to sift … Continue reading

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Immediate Bracket Reactions

Okay, more in-depth analysis later in the week, but I want to get my immediate reactions out for these pairings, while the irons are hot: I usually don’t rip the committee–in fact, I usually defend them–but they absolutely screwed my … Continue reading

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BSB Question of the Day

As a Temple fan, given a 4- or 5-seed, what are you looking for in tonight’s selection?  For the first round, do we want a middling big-conference school (like Minnesota or Washington or Illinois) or an upstart small-conference school (like … Continue reading

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CTC Day 13 Preview

Four games for all the marbles.  Everyone is jockeying for position and there are a lot of points at stake here. ATLANTIC 10 CHAMPIONSHIP (80 points): The Temple Owls are looking for three-straight A-10 tournament titles and are hoping to … Continue reading

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CTC Day 12 Recap: Lynch and Lil Lohse Finish Strong; The Overall Title Becomes a Two-Person Race

Just as everything seemed to be going Teddy’s way, three very close games went against him last night and he failed to clinch a title that he looked assuredly to win just 18 hours ago.  He still has the lead … Continue reading

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