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College Hoops Opening Night Viewers Guide

Note:  As promised, we’re hitting college hoops hard right out of the gate.  This post overlaps with Bry’s last post, but puts a focus on some of the games that will be aired on basic cable Friday night. The majority … Continue reading

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The Friday Fourteen: Best Sport Rivalries

One of the most astonishingly unknown statistics in sports has taken center-stage this week.  Did anyone realize that the Packers and the Bears have not played a playoff game since…ONE WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?!?  That is absolutely … Continue reading

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Temple-Georgetown Preview

The 9th-ranked Georgetown Hoyas will travel to North Philly tonight to play Temple in what could end up being the single most important regular-season game for the Owls this year.  Temple has made the tournament three straight years now, but … 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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Charting A Course to March: Games for Saturday, 2/6

There will be must-see games early next week, but before then, let’s take a look at three more Saturday games worth catching this week.  #2 Villanova at #8 Georgetown, 12:00 on ESPN It was a somewhat odd win for Georgetown over Duke … Continue reading

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Charting A Course to March: 3 Games to Watch on Saturday

The NFL season is down to its final game and on Monday the calendar will flip to February, which means it’s about time for all of you fair-weather college basketball fans out there to start paying attention so you can sound … Continue reading

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Relatively Encouraging Start for the Owls

I know the baseball season just ended, but it’s college hoops already (I guess World Series trips don’t give us nearly as much of a “break,” huh?).  Everything is different under Dunphy than it was under Chaney.  Under Chaney, the … Continue reading

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First Impressions of the 08-09 College Hoops Season

The glory that is the college basketball season is well underway, and I’m looking forward to settling in tonight for two top teams in the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, when Duke travels to Purdue.  Baseball is the only sport I look forward … Continue reading

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BSB In-Attendance: UMBC is Going Dancing

If you have never gone to a low-major championship game, particularly one on a participant’s home floor, you are seriously missing out.  I had my first opportunity to do just that on Saturday, when I went to the America East Championship between … Continue reading

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Oh, What a Day!

So, as of Wednesday night, my semester is over.  With all this newfound time, I was worried that I would not be able to find something to do to keep me busy on a lazy Saturday (you know, other than … Continue reading

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