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BSB Tournament Pick ‘Em: Thursday Sweet 16 Preview
For bracket competitions, the middle weekend of the NCAA tournament can be compared to the Saturday round, or “moving day”, of a golf tournament. The stage is set by the first weekend, and the title is wrapped up during the … Continue reading
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Tagged bsb tournament pick 'em, butler, cornell, kansas st., kentucky, ncaa tournament, syracuse, washington, west virginia, xavier
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The Sweet Sixteen – Day One
The Sweet 16 round of the tournament is probably where we all get to see the best basketball of the year, in my opinion. The stage is not yet “too big” for anyone, yet almost all of the games are big enough for that … Continue reading
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Tagged connecticut, duke, memphis, missouri, pittsburgh, purdue, villanova, xavier
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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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Tagged 2009 ncaa tournament, arizona st., boston college, butler, clemson, dayton, florida st., kansas, lsu, michigan st., north carolina, north dakota st., oklahoma, oklahoma st., pittsburgh, syracuse, temple, tennessee, ucla, usc, vcu, west virginia, xavier
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BSB Live Blog: The Sweet Sixteen
OK, welcome to the first ever BSB Live Blog! I think these things are all the rage on sports blogs, so why the heck not try it? The first 45 minutes of this will be really bad though because, honestly, … Continue reading
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Tagged bob huggins, joe alexander, josh duncan, north carolina, washington st, west virginia, xavier
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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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Tagged 2008 ncaa tournament, louisville, tennessee, ucla, unc, washington st, west virginia, western kentucky, xavier
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Random Stuff
NFL: Phil Sheridan writes in today’s Inquirer that the success of the Giants and the Packers shows that the Eagles may not be that far off from getting ‘back to the top’. He argues that coming into the season, no one … Continue reading
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Tagged andre miller, atlantic 10, drew lavender, eagles, NBA, NFL, sixers, xavier
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Tell Me I’m Crazy (Part III)
It should not be the “Big 6” in college basketball because the Atlantic 10 is clearly a major conference. FACT: There are 7 programs in Division 1 basketball history that have 1,600 wins. Here are the conferences that those seven teams … Continue reading
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Tagged atlantic 10, dayton, rhode island, xavier
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