Archive for the ‘Big East’ Category
Wednesday, March 10th, 2010
First off, I want to start by saying anyone who advocates expanding the NCAA Tournament field from 65 teams to 96 teams is a moron. This isn't little league. We don't all get participation ribbons.
And I know there were opponents to the expansion to 64 back when it was introduced, ...
Posted in ACC, Akron, Big East, Big Ten, Bubble Teams, College Basketball, Florida State, Georgetown, Illinois, Kent State, Louisville, Marquette, Memphis, Minnesota, NCAA Tournament, Notre Dame, Oklahoma State, Pac-10, SEC, Selection Sunday, Texas, UAB, UConn, UNLV, Virginia Tech | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, March 17th, 2009
Since today will see streets in towns all across the country littered with pasty white Irishmen (and women) celebrating the beautiful world of alcohol, I figured we should have some sort of homage to pasty whiteness.
So to do that we're going to discuss one of the biggest feel-bad stories to ...
Posted in Asshole Patrol, Big East, College Basketball, Eric Devendorf, Ill Behaved Individuals, Syracuse University, White Trash | 113 Comments »
Thursday, February 26th, 2009
Indiana's basketball season continues falling to depths that have only been previously measured in the Marianas Trench, with the latest indignity coming on Wednesday night with the Hoosiers' first home loss to Northwestern in 41 years. In fact, the Wildcats had never beaten IU at Assembly Hall, with the last ...
Posted in Big East, Big Ten, College Basketball, DePaul University, Indiana University | No Comments »
Wednesday, February 4th, 2009
I'm betting there's some people around the water cooler (I'm betting because I don't partake in water coolers or those conversations) who fancy themselves college basketball experts and are thinking that, after Connecticut of course, Marquette might be the class of the Big East.
They might be right. But jumping to rash conclusions ...
Posted in Big East, College Basketball, Jerel McNeal, Marquette University | 4 Comments »
Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
It is not a good time for the Notre Dame basketball team right now. Gone are the happy-go-lucky days of making many 3-pointers. Those moments have been replaced with long faces and quiet locker rooms.
As a man named Heath Ledger would say if he were alive and wearing lots of ...
Posted in Big East, College Basketball, NCAA Tournament, NIT, Notre Dame | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, January 6th, 2009
Let's begin this post with a simple statement: I love University of Pittsburgh basketball. Whew, it feels good to get that off my chest.
Everybody knows this blog is populated with guys who attended The Indiana University. So, naturally, we're all IU basketball fans.
But Pitt, now ranked No. 1 and probably ...
Posted in Big East, College Basketball, Rumors, University of Pittsburgh | 4 Comments »
Friday, December 5th, 2008
Happy Championship Week to everyone.
Just want to point out Utah, Boise State and TCU are all ranked ahead of the Big East champion (Cincinnati) and whoever the ACC champion will be. But do any of those four teams get to go to BCS games? One: Utah, with an outside shot ...
Posted in ACC, Alabama Crimson Tide, BCS, Big East, Big XII, Boston College, Boxing, Cal, Cincinnati, College Football, EPL, Florida Gators, General, Hawaii, International Soccer, Link Dump, Manny Pacquiao, McD's Gambling Problem, Missouri, Newcastle United, Oklahoma University, Oscar De La Hoya, Phillips is a USC homer, SEC, Soccer, Texas, Texas Tech, UCLA, University of Arizona, University of Connecticut, University of Texas, University of Washington, Urban Meyer, USC, Virginia Tech, West Virginia University | 2 Comments »