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The New Year Report: Conference Previews – Part One

New Year’s Eve is right around the corner.  Some people think of resolutions.  Others think of champagne corks.  Still others reflect back on another year gone by.  But, for me, one of the things I think of first when I … Continue reading

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Just How Sweet is Sweet?

So, we are down to 16 teams.  We can all rank the remaining teams based on how good we think they have been all year or what we expect them to do going forward.  And, we will all have similar … Continue reading

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Charting a Course to March: 7 Games For the Final Stretch

 As of today, the first day of the 2010 NCAA Basketball Tournament is exactly three weeks away.  That means it’s time for cramming.  Below are listed the seven games over these last few weeks of the regular season that every college hoops … 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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The Sweet Sixteen – Day Two

7:07 on Friday in Indianapolis, IN #1 Louisville vs. #12 Arizona The one “Cinderella” is one of the winningest programs in NCAA history–Arizona.  A 12-seed, who very few thought should even have made the tournament proved themselves and now gets … Continue reading

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Tuesday’s Top Twelve – Best Matchup/Potential Matchups of the Weekend

The best sports weekend of the year–hands down–begins in earnest in less than 48 hours.  Yes, I am like little-kid-on-Christmas excited.  No, I’m not embarrassed by it.  Looking over the  brackets, there are a bunch of first-round matchups and potential … Continue reading

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Looking Ahead to Next March

One of my favorite columns to read every year are the ones where, in the aftermath of the championship game, the writers project the top teams for next year’s college basketball season.  I’ll attempt to beat them to the punch this … Continue reading

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Live Blog: Elite Eight

Memphis will take on Texas in what should be a great game.  I think Texas will pull this one out, with the “home-court” advantage working for them.  The big matchup, of course, is Derrick Rose vs. D.J. Augustin.  Augustin will have to … Continue reading

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Sweet Sixteen: Day Two

Last night’s games were pretty exciting.  The West Virginia-Xavier game was a terrific game.  Western Kentucky’s run against UCLA was somewhat surprising and exciting.  The Louisville-Tennessee game was incredibly sloppy and somewhat disappointing as far as how the Vols did … Continue reading

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College Basketball Preview: The Contenders

At the beginning of the college basketball season, there are so many questions and so few answers. Even the most involved fan has to wait at least a month to really know a little of what to expect for this … Continue reading

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