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Monday's List of 13: First impressions of the Field of 68...........(Author unknown)
13) I don't get involved much in the debate over seeding; just getting in the field of 68 is a great opportunity, but I always feel bad if a team gets left out of the tournament that deserves to be in. Drexel is 25-2 in its last 27 games, but a non-conference schedule that wasn't ranked in the top 200 doomed them to an NIT bid. Too bad for them.
12) CBS does this every year, because they can; the announcement of the teams gets stretched out to about 45 minutes, so they can sell commercial time and make money, which is their job. Problem is, people's jobs rely on their making the tournament. Keeping them hanging while you wait on the brackets being announced borders on cruelty.
They showed the South Florida team before the last region was revealed; I've seen happier funerals. Luckily the Bulls got in, so their mood got lot better very quickly, but it had to be a long hour for them.
11) Wisconsin-Montana are lot alike, except Griz are more athletic- they really are. Both teams have big guys who can shoot the 3. This will be an interesting game.
10) South Dakota State has four guys who shoot 40% from arc; over last nine years, Summit League teams are 0-9 in round of 64 (Oakland won a play-in game in '05), with Oakland's 85-81 loss to Texas LY only loss by less than ten points. Jackrabbits play Baylor in Albuquerque Thursday.
9) Contrasting styles when Creighton plays Alabama; Crimson Tide beat Wichita State of MVC by 10 in November- they're ranked in top ten in country in defense. Creighton leads nation in eFG%, which counts made 3-pointers as 1.5 made baskets in computing field goal percentage- they are a great offensive team.
8) Iona played a home game November 28; their next home game was on January 6. In between, they played 11 road games and a neutral court tilt with conference rival Siena. Gaels lost by 19 at Marshall, which has to be puzzled why they didn't make the tournament (beat Cincinnati, split pair with Belmont, went 9-7 in its league). Anyway Iona has a play-in game with BYU- they could be this season's VCU.
7) Surprised that 23-11 Lamar got sent to a play-in game; Cardinals have the most experienced team in America, even if their coach doesn't like the seniors, as he very publicly said three weeks ago. UT-San Antonio from the Southland won a play-in game LY.
6) The Midwest #6 seed has lost SU in the first round six of last seven years; that "cursed" spot goes to San Diego State this year (NC State).
Last four years, #12 seeds are 7-9 SU against #5 seeds. Harvard will be a fashionable choice to upset Vanderbilt, since the Commodores have lost as a 4-4-5 seed, just in the last four seasons. Not a great record.
5) Gonzaga can't be thrilled with being a 7-seed but having to travel east to Pittsburgh to face West Virginia, which will very much be a road game for the Bulldogs. Mountaineers have struggled down the stretch scoring at the end of games- other than Jones, they're limited on offense.
4) 25-9 Norfolk State is interesting; they lost to Marquette by 31 in their season opener, then played them again a week later and lost by 2; any 15 seed that loses to Marquette by a hoop is a dangerous team.
3) Memphis is so much more athletic than Saint Louis, but Billikens are a top 20 defensive team and have one of the game's best tacticians in Rick Majerus. Memphis won 20 of last 23 games after starting season 6-5.
2) Florida State went 4-1 vs Duke/North Carolina this year, first team in 16 years (Ga Tech/1996) with four wins in same season vs UNC/Duke, but they also went 0-2 vs Ivy League teams. Interesting to see how the Seminoles do against St Bonaventure, surprise winners of A-14 tourney.
1) Davidson beat Kansas back on December 19, so Louisville better not fall asleep against the well-coached Wildcats, who played the #9 schedule during the non-conference season.
All in all, it should be a fun month. Enjoy the games.........
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Monday's six-pack
-- Eldrick Woods quit after the 11th hole Sunday, said his leg hurt. He was +3 for his round, which implies his pride was also wounded.
-- Illinois has eaten over $6M this school year, in firing both Ron Zook and Bruce Weber. Must be nice to have money.
-- On the other hand, USC shows it doesn't give a rat's ass about hoops because Kevin O'Neill is coming back next season. How he keeps his job is totally beyond me.
-- NFL salary cap this season will be $120,600,000.
-- Seems to me when CBS puts Steve Kerr in with Clark Kellogg and Jim Nantz, Kellogg is very uncomfortable. Interrupts Kerr a lot.
-- Of the six BCS conferences, Michigan State was the only top seed to win its conference tournament.
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FROM ONION SPORTS
http://www.theonion.com/articles/indiana-either-this-years-uconn-this-years-arizona,27570/
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Len’s Top 5
http://thatssports.com/
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Vintage Commercial -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdKKne8_hk&feature=related
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Actual Headline -
http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/...len-cheese-dip-all-over-hy-vee-men-s-restroom
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RETRO TV -
http://xoteria.com/CH80.html
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Report: If Manning's in, Tebow's gone -
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/a...nning/10281463?linksrc=home_rg_image_10281463
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“All a manager has to do is keep eleven players happy - the eleven in the reserves. The first team are happy because they are in the first team. “
(Rodney Marsh.)
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New Shark Species Discovered in Galapagos -
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/galapagos-catshark/
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Fighter jets chase UFO over English village -
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981177070
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Yellow lab Zoey picks up three tennis balls and smiles -
http://www.wimp.com/tennisballs/
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OUCH -
http://www.vidiload.com/video/108136/Longboarding_Attempt_With_A_Homemade_Loop/
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H0Kke0U3j...ttxBQ/s1600/school-bus-accident-exhibit-1.jpg
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6719618/unintentionally-funny-commercial-mashup
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IDIOTS -
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6737264/reporter-caught-sleeping-on-live-tv
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http://images.x5y5.com/site_images/2011-03-29/Funny-Signs-From-Around-The-World-74.jpg
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJYGHOn3os
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehuk379b6No&feature=player_embedded
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZj7Re45fPg&feature=related
.
Monday's List of 13: First impressions of the Field of 68...........(Author unknown)
13) I don't get involved much in the debate over seeding; just getting in the field of 68 is a great opportunity, but I always feel bad if a team gets left out of the tournament that deserves to be in. Drexel is 25-2 in its last 27 games, but a non-conference schedule that wasn't ranked in the top 200 doomed them to an NIT bid. Too bad for them.
12) CBS does this every year, because they can; the announcement of the teams gets stretched out to about 45 minutes, so they can sell commercial time and make money, which is their job. Problem is, people's jobs rely on their making the tournament. Keeping them hanging while you wait on the brackets being announced borders on cruelty.
They showed the South Florida team before the last region was revealed; I've seen happier funerals. Luckily the Bulls got in, so their mood got lot better very quickly, but it had to be a long hour for them.
11) Wisconsin-Montana are lot alike, except Griz are more athletic- they really are. Both teams have big guys who can shoot the 3. This will be an interesting game.
10) South Dakota State has four guys who shoot 40% from arc; over last nine years, Summit League teams are 0-9 in round of 64 (Oakland won a play-in game in '05), with Oakland's 85-81 loss to Texas LY only loss by less than ten points. Jackrabbits play Baylor in Albuquerque Thursday.
9) Contrasting styles when Creighton plays Alabama; Crimson Tide beat Wichita State of MVC by 10 in November- they're ranked in top ten in country in defense. Creighton leads nation in eFG%, which counts made 3-pointers as 1.5 made baskets in computing field goal percentage- they are a great offensive team.
8) Iona played a home game November 28; their next home game was on January 6. In between, they played 11 road games and a neutral court tilt with conference rival Siena. Gaels lost by 19 at Marshall, which has to be puzzled why they didn't make the tournament (beat Cincinnati, split pair with Belmont, went 9-7 in its league). Anyway Iona has a play-in game with BYU- they could be this season's VCU.
7) Surprised that 23-11 Lamar got sent to a play-in game; Cardinals have the most experienced team in America, even if their coach doesn't like the seniors, as he very publicly said three weeks ago. UT-San Antonio from the Southland won a play-in game LY.
6) The Midwest #6 seed has lost SU in the first round six of last seven years; that "cursed" spot goes to San Diego State this year (NC State).
Last four years, #12 seeds are 7-9 SU against #5 seeds. Harvard will be a fashionable choice to upset Vanderbilt, since the Commodores have lost as a 4-4-5 seed, just in the last four seasons. Not a great record.
5) Gonzaga can't be thrilled with being a 7-seed but having to travel east to Pittsburgh to face West Virginia, which will very much be a road game for the Bulldogs. Mountaineers have struggled down the stretch scoring at the end of games- other than Jones, they're limited on offense.
4) 25-9 Norfolk State is interesting; they lost to Marquette by 31 in their season opener, then played them again a week later and lost by 2; any 15 seed that loses to Marquette by a hoop is a dangerous team.
3) Memphis is so much more athletic than Saint Louis, but Billikens are a top 20 defensive team and have one of the game's best tacticians in Rick Majerus. Memphis won 20 of last 23 games after starting season 6-5.
2) Florida State went 4-1 vs Duke/North Carolina this year, first team in 16 years (Ga Tech/1996) with four wins in same season vs UNC/Duke, but they also went 0-2 vs Ivy League teams. Interesting to see how the Seminoles do against St Bonaventure, surprise winners of A-14 tourney.
1) Davidson beat Kansas back on December 19, so Louisville better not fall asleep against the well-coached Wildcats, who played the #9 schedule during the non-conference season.
All in all, it should be a fun month. Enjoy the games.........
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Monday's six-pack
-- Eldrick Woods quit after the 11th hole Sunday, said his leg hurt. He was +3 for his round, which implies his pride was also wounded.
-- Illinois has eaten over $6M this school year, in firing both Ron Zook and Bruce Weber. Must be nice to have money.
-- On the other hand, USC shows it doesn't give a rat's ass about hoops because Kevin O'Neill is coming back next season. How he keeps his job is totally beyond me.
-- NFL salary cap this season will be $120,600,000.
-- Seems to me when CBS puts Steve Kerr in with Clark Kellogg and Jim Nantz, Kellogg is very uncomfortable. Interrupts Kerr a lot.
-- Of the six BCS conferences, Michigan State was the only top seed to win its conference tournament.
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FROM ONION SPORTS
http://www.theonion.com/articles/indiana-either-this-years-uconn-this-years-arizona,27570/
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Len’s Top 5
http://thatssports.com/
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Vintage Commercial -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVdKKne8_hk&feature=related
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Actual Headline -
http://iowacity.patch.com/articles/...len-cheese-dip-all-over-hy-vee-men-s-restroom
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
RETRO TV -
http://xoteria.com/CH80.html
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Report: If Manning's in, Tebow's gone -
http://network.yardbarker.com/nfl/a...nning/10281463?linksrc=home_rg_image_10281463
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
“All a manager has to do is keep eleven players happy - the eleven in the reserves. The first team are happy because they are in the first team. “
(Rodney Marsh.)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
New Shark Species Discovered in Galapagos -
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/03/galapagos-catshark/
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fighter jets chase UFO over English village -
http://news.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474981177070
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Yellow lab Zoey picks up three tennis balls and smiles -
http://www.wimp.com/tennisballs/
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUCH -
http://www.vidiload.com/video/108136/Longboarding_Attempt_With_A_Homemade_Loop/
----------
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-H0Kke0U3j...ttxBQ/s1600/school-bus-accident-exhibit-1.jpg
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http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6719618/unintentionally-funny-commercial-mashup
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IDIOTS -
http://www.collegehumor.com/video/6737264/reporter-caught-sleeping-on-live-tv
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http://images.x5y5.com/site_images/2011-03-29/Funny-Signs-From-Around-The-World-74.jpg
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfJYGHOn3os
----------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehuk379b6No&feature=player_embedded
----------
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZj7Re45fPg&feature=related
.