Well, He Got His Title

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Now that Tyler Hansbrough and his North Carolina Tar Heels won the NCAA Championship last night, an interesting discussion is about to ensue. Just where does Hansbrough fall in the history of all-time great college basketball players? I think I've got a pretty good handle on the situation. Love him or hate ...

Posted in ACC, Christian Laettner, College Basketball, NCAA Tournament, Roy Williams, Tyler Hansbrough, University of North Carolina | 1 Comment »

Finally Some Good News For Michigan

Monday, March 30th, 2009

It's taken quite some time but the state of Michigan finally got some good news. As I'm sure you've heard, Sunday afternoon the Michigan State Spartans knocked off Louisville to win the NCAA Tournament's Midwest Region and head to the Final Four in Detroit. In the process, the Spartans made ...

Posted in College Basketball, Detroit, Louisville, Michigan State, NCAA Tournament, Tom Izzo | 2 Comments »

Roommates Episode No. 5: Shooting Blanks

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

On this week’s episode of Roommates: It’s Sunday night. One of my roommates is having a girl over for a movie. I happen to have more than 250 films at his disposal for “Movie Night.” “Movie Night” film selection is vital.  A guy has to pick the flick. You can’t leave it ...

Posted in College Basketball, Grosse Pointe Blank, Gus Johnson, NCAA Tournament | 4 Comments »

NCAA Tournament Thoughts: Day One, Early Session

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

I guess you could call this a running diary, but it's really more just my thoughts as the games progress. There will be very little rhyme or reason to the updates, they'll just arrive as things come into the cosmic skull jelly that rests between my ears. Enjoy. Games on right ...

Posted in Butler Bulldogs, BYU, Cal, Cal State-Northridge, Chattanooga, College Basketball, Live Blog, LSU, Maryland, Memphis Tigers, NCAA Tournament, North Carolina, Northern Iowa, Purdue University, Radford, San Diego State, Texas A&M Aggies, Trent Johnson, University of Connecticut | 11 Comments »

How To Make Money Watching Sports

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

Ah, it's time for the NCAA Tournament to tip-off, otherwise known as Christmas to sports gamblers. Here at Rumors and Rants, we love to gamble. We usually just don't have any money to do so. And that's not always a bad thing. The last successful bet yours truly placed was ...

Posted in College Basketball, General, NCAA Tournament, Sports gambling | 5 Comments »