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Random Thoughts from Last Weekend Watching March Madness in Vegas

March 29, 2010

Does anybody possibly like the camera angle CBS uses behind the basket? I mean really CBS, people at home really want to watch the game from that angle? Also, how horrible is it when you go from watching a game with Bill Rafferty doing the commentating, and then, you get Jay Bilas? That is the [...]

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Final Four 2010

March 28, 2010
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The Final Four teams are set and all eyes now look to Indianapolis to see who will win the 2010 Men’s NCAA Championship. While all four teams had some very close and difficult games, the two lower seeded teams had to overcome last second shots to make it here as well. The first game will [...]

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Omar Samhan Quotes

March 25, 2010
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Omar Samhan has not only dominated his opponents last weekend, but also the media all week. He is very active on his own blog, twitter account, and Facebook page, and he is majoring in Journalism. I saw him once years ago when he played on my younger brothers AAU team. (Of course our high school [...]

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Pac 10 leads the way in NBA Players

March 23, 2010
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This year, and in past seasons, we have to hear about how great the Big East conference is. That the Big East was the power conference. The Goliath of College Basketball. During the year, commentators would said they should get 8, 10, or 12 teams into the NCAA tournament, the conference was that good. For [...]

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Tweet Sixteen in the Sweet Sixteen

March 21, 2010
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The Sweet Sixteen is set and the web is on fire discussing all of the upsets and Cinderella’s. MMOD and Youtube have been great for watching the games, but during the week of waiting the real action is on Twitter. Fortunately, Basketball.org has created a list for every one of the Sweet 16 teams to [...]

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Cinderella’s Defined

March 20, 2010
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Upsets always occur in the first round. But it is the second round win that defines a team as a “Cinderella”. Today we had our first day of those wins to define teams going to the sweet 16. And it was full of upsets! Let’s have a look… Saint Mary’s: To start the day off, [...]

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March Madness On Demand Makes for a Great First Day

March 18, 2010
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MMOD is quite possibly the best thing since someone figured out how to take a knife to bread. My life changed today for the better and it could not have happened on a better day of NCAA tournament basketball. What is MMOD? MMOD – not to be confused with MMORGP – stands for March Madness [...]

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NCAA Picks: Predictions for the 2010 NCAA Tournament

March 16, 2010
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Go time and I’m throwing it all out there. Most pools do not release other participants picks until after entries are cut off, but any lucky contestants going up against me get to see my picks early. Yes, I put myself at a disadvantage. No, I am not worried. I will be in Vegas for [...]

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Foul or not to Foul?

March 15, 2010
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We have all seen it or have been there before. Your team just scored with under 10 seconds to go and have put themselves up 3 points. Your opponent now has the ball, do you foul and put them on the line, or play defense and prevent them from hitting a 3? Yesterday, this exact [...]

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NCAA 2010 Printable Bracket

March 14, 2010

The brackets are out for the 2010 NCAA tournament. The Final Four will be in Indianapolis in April, but first we start with two weekends of madness in March starting with 65 teams, all with an equal chance to get to Indy. Below, please find the bracket for the Men’s 2010 NCAA Division I Basketball [...]

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