Archive for the ‘NCAA Tournament’ Category
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Monday, March 16th, 2009
Every year, the NCAA tournament committee manages to make at least one glaring mistake. And we're always here to call them out on it.
Last year, it was the comparatively minor violation of giving Butler the shaft when it came to seeding. Last year's Bulldogs, who were clearly good enough to ...
Posted in College Basketball, Free SDSU, Go Fuck Yourself San Diego, NCAA Tournament, NIT, SEC | 8 Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
On November 2, 1889, the State of North Dakota was admitted into the Union.
On March 11, 1903, the state witnessed the birth of Lawrence Welk.
Nearly 106 years to the day of that landmark event, North Dakota watched in glee as significant event No. 2 of its history occured: the North ...
Posted in College Basketball, NCAA Tournament | 1 Comment »
Monday, March 9th, 2009
Basketball has a certain reputation in the Big Ten: The slow, grinding pace and physical play doesn't exactly inspire people to watch how beautiful a well-played basketball game can be.
Instead we have to suffer through games like Penn State's 38-33 win at Illinois a few weeks back. Watching two minutes ...
Posted in Big Ten, College Basketball, NCAA Tournament | 3 Comments »
