While I was wrong about predicting them to not reach the final four, my reason for doing so was, in the end, the reason they finished second - “Memphis’ bricks at the line will bring them down.”
I thought Kansas might have trouble lasting 40 minutes after the emotional game with UNC. And it appeared [...]

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God bless Bill Self and the Kansas Jayhawks.
Danny Green isn’t dancing tonight.
Travel Hansblow is going home.
And Ol’ Roy may have changed his mind five years ago, but Kansas fans could still give a s*** about North Carolina. It had to be especially sweet for them to reach the title game by sending ol’ traitor [...]

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Well, the NCAA tournament has come to this - what I like to call the “Digger Phelps bracket.” For many years, Digger would inevitably pick all four #1 seeds into the final four on selection Sunday. I haven’t checked to see what Digger’s picks were this year, but if he went with chalk [...]

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I felt a lot of pressure trying to make my picks after last year. Last year, for the first time, I managed to pick all four of the Final Four teams (Florida, UCLA, Ohio State & Georgetown.) Unfortunately, I picked the two finalists incorrectly (I picked Georgetown over UCLA), but still, I [...]

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Well, it’s almost that time. As I wrote last month, I won’t be watching the games live tomorrow, but I will be catching up on Sunday.
Here’s my hope, as stated a couple weeks ago: the games are good. Especially after so many good games in the regionals last weekend. To have another [...]

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I came across a Duke Chronicle article a while back titled The Last Basketball Dynasty. It begins with the call from Vern Lundquist:
There’s the pass to Laettner… puts it up… YESSSSSSS!

“Welcome To Kentucky…where Duke Sucks”
Two years before that call, in the 1990 East Regional final, Christian Laettner, with Duke behind by one in overtime, [...]

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And, by the way, here’s my Final Four picks, from my post last week:

Not too bad, if I do say so myself. I am 46-15 after 61 games for a percentage of 75.4%. Even if I missed all three games next weekend, I’d end with over 71%. That may be a personal [...]

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The regionals in the NCAA tournament have been pretty good up to this point. Even the regional finals yesterday - which were both double-digit wins - were stretched out pretty late and they were undecided until the final minutes. With one more today, which should also be a good one, this has been [...]

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A few years ago a bought a Todd McFarlane action figure for $2.99 on eBay. I’d tried a couple of times and lost out, but finally managed to win one. The figure? Alice Cooper. A 6-inch tall Alice, complete with boa constrictor, cane, saber, top hat, severed head and a guillotine [...]

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After a first weekend lacking the upsets and thrilling games we’ve become accustomed to, the regional semifinals started off with some great games last night. The primary games here were probably the two best - the games in San Antonio.
In San Jose, the Kansas-Southern Illinois game was apparently very good as well. We [...]

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