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Archives for December 2008

Big East Bracketology in December

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by Doug Potter This year in College Basketball is shaping up to be a special year due to the fact that we could witness one of the most dominating college basketball teams in North Carolina that we’ve ever seen. With a highly qualified coach in Roy Williams and arguably the best player in college basketball, Tyler Hansbrough, the Tar Heels are poised to breeze through this … [Read more...] about Big East Bracketology in December

Tuesdays with Smitty: Forecasting Wild Card Weekend

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by Aaron Smith And then there was 12. While most of the league was cleaning out their lockers and some head coaches are cleaning out their offices - 8 teams are getting ready for the first round of the NFL playoffs . Wild Card weekend is upon on. Let's take a look at the matchups and see if we can predict who is moving on. First up the AFC... AFC Baltimore Ravens vs. … [Read more...] about Tuesdays with Smitty: Forecasting Wild Card Weekend

Crunching the numbers college hard wood style

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by Paul Casey Gotham What’s in a number? Some will tell you numbers don’t lie. While others will point out how numbers can be manipulated. In the coming weeks college basketball fans will have a chance to see how numbers play out on the hard wood. For example tomorrow night the team with the number one scoring offense in the country, VMI, hosts the Richmond Spiders. The … [Read more...] about Crunching the numbers college hard wood style

The morning after

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by Paul Casey Gotham The following is a fictitious account. Casey does not want to be accused of wire-tapping. It is a sun-splashed morning in Lubbock, Texas as Pat Knight, head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders Men’s basketball team, makes his way along the interstate to campus in south west Texas. With his radio tuned to sports talk Knight leaves the volume low, so as to … [Read more...] about The morning after