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Rivals Announces Its Preseason Top 25 For 2009-2010 College Hoops

Dave — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 00:30:48 +0000

You can view it here. And though I haven’t looked into next year’s rosters, and really have no clue who’s going to be good and who isn’t, I find it odd that they put UNC as the No. 3 team under the assumption that Wayne Ellington and Ty Lawson return. If that’s the case, Danny Green and Tyler Hansboro will be the only players gone, Marcus Ginyard will be back, and Ed Davis will take over for Tyler Hansboro, and he showed in this tournament that he can definitely handle the load.

Anyway, enjoy the preseason, way too early top 25. It is what I thought it was.

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Twas The Night Before Madness, And All Through The House…

Dave — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 00:37:58 +0000

…. everyone called in sick to work, even a mouse (yeah, couldn’t think of anything better than rhymed with house).

Tomorrow marks the madness, and it begins at 12:20, sharp, with Butler and LSU, then five minutes later kicks off the beating that will be Memphis and CS Northridge, and then five minutes after that we’ve got BYU and Texas A&M.

At 2:30 Purdue and Northern Iowa tip off, which should prove to be a very good game; UCLA and Virginia Commonwealth, thought to be another good one in the hopper, isn’t until after 9:00 p.m., same with Illinois and Western Kentucky, which might very well finish with an upset (if you can call W. Kentucky winning an upset).

All in all, it’ll be a good day. Call in sick to work, sit back, drink some beers (the doctor’s told me it’s a good way to cure the flu), and enjoy the first couple days of March Madness, which are surely two of the best days of sports. My Final Four: Missouri, Villanova, Louisville, UNC, with UNC beating Louisville in the title game. Enjoy the madness, everybody.

Bill Self Suddenly A Kansas Icon

Dave — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:50:59 +0000

You see what winning a National Championship does for a man? Three weeks ago, 1st and 10, a show I rarely watch, pondered whether or not Bill Self was on the hot seat. He hadn’t been to a Final Four, had fallen short each year with lots of talent and, generally, was known as a guy who could only coach in the regular season.

Three weeks later, the man is going to be able to go to any school he wants for about any amount of money he wants. With Oklahoma State looking like they’re going to back in the Brink’s truck, Kansas donors are willing to empty their pockets, as well.

Immediately after Kansas beat Memphis in overtime Monday night for the NCAA championship, speculation intensified that oil and energy magnate T. Boone Pickens might be coming after the Jayhawks’ coach on behalf of Oklahoma State.

“If they’re going to need to raise a lot of money, I’m sure there will be many people who step forward,” Dana Anderson, a businessman/developer and prominent Kansas donor, told The Associated Press. “Bill Self is a great individual and a great coach and he’s perfect for Kansas.”

I like basketball. But $165 million? Give me a plane ticket, a hotel in Vegas, and a couple of cheap strippers, and I promise I’ll do more with that money that any delight winning a National Title can give me.