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BSB Tournament Pick ‘Em: Sunday Elite Eight Preview (The Race for 2nd)

First off, congrats to Jason on basically dominating this competition.  He took the lead on Friday of Round 1 and never gave it up, and definitely clinched the victory earlier than anyone ever has in this pool before.  Unfortunately though, … Continue reading

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BSB Tournament Pick ‘Em: Friday Sweet 16 Preview

Tough to imagine tonight living up to last nights’ games, but here’s hoping.  Jason now has a pretty commanding 13 point lead over 2nd-place Talia, largely thanks to being the only one to hit on Butler last night.  But there are still … 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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College Basketball Preview: The Contenders

[DISCLAIMER:  most of this was written before the preseason tournaments, so I apologize if some new developments were not addressed.  Oh, and one of these teams is written facetiously–see if you can figure out which one.] I wrote a column … 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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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: Sweet Sixteen

Second Games: Louisville vs. Tennessee and UCLA vs. W. Kentucky 10:05PM: Bruce Pearl is sticking with J.P. Prince at the point to start the game.  The point guard play (both who and what) will be interesting to track for the … Continue reading

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The Sweet Sixteen: Day One

With apologies to anyone who is not a college basketball fan, for several reasons.  One, they have probably been pretty bored with the content on BSB, and, two, they are missing out on the greatest annual sporting event in the … Continue reading

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Stri Smarts

Our regular contributor Chris Strianese always has colorful opinions and interesting takes on the world of sports, so here’s the first installment of a semi-regular column. I can’t remember another basketball game where I can remember the exact moment I … 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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