Matchup: Oakland isn’t a household name, but they have battled their fair-share of formidable foes. Texas played themselves into teh Big 12 Championship game before getting bounced by Kansas. It’s another mid-major that uses speed and a full team effort […]
Matchup: It’s a “one-man-band” vs. a “team effort”. The Arizona Wildcats go through one man on offense while the Memphis Tigers use four players to get the job done. Arizona Led by Derrick Williams 19 ppg, Arizona could be set […]
Matchup: Defense? Anyone play any defense? Neither team knows how to play quick-strike defense and both teams have dribble-drive scorers. Both Michigan and Tennessee lack players that average more than one steal or one block per game (save Tennessee’s Melvin […]
Matchup: Duke is Duke, they’re on TV more than “Leave it to Beaver” reruns. Hampton is Hampton they’ve played fewer ranked teams than “Leave it to Beaver” reruns. Oh, and Duke just won the ACC tournament. And, no No. 16 […]
Matchup: UNC is habitually ranked in the Top 25. Long Island hasn’t even played a team in the Top 25 since 1997 – their last trip to the Big Dance. It’s Big vs. Small, here. And worse for the Blackbirds […]
Matchup: Pac-10 vs. SEC – this is why people watch… football! Too bad this is a basketball game. In reality, Washington is either really good (read: Pac-10 tourney) or really bad (read: February 2011). Georgia, hit the same type of […]
Matchup: Xavier likes to slash and dash and Marquette defenders have quick hands. When the Musketeers have the ball – it’ll be interesting. On the flip-side, the Golden Eagles might score most of their points in transition. In their last […]
Matchup: Kentucky can shoot the lights out and Princeton can run the half-court like a well-coached, well, Princeton team. This should be a slower paced game with a fair amount of scoring – both teams shoot above 40-percent from the […]
The Giants never stopped believing in 2010, which led them to finally reversing all the torture their fans had been through and became the unexpected World Series champions. Down the stretch the Giants out-coached and out-pitched every opponent that stood […]
Pitcher Ian Snell has retired from Major League Baseball. The St. Louis Cardinals sent him to minor league camp this morning and Snell decided he would rather call it a career. In seven MLB seasons, the 29-year old went 38-53 […]