Don’t squint — to read it, click on it. My picks are embarrassingly conservative this year, but I just don’t see as many upsets as there have been in past years.
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Perfectly Willing to Embarrass Myself
Posted in basketball on March 16, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The NBA Draft — it’s Yawn-tastic
Posted in basketball on June 29, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t believe I was tracking the NBA draft throughout the first round last night. Admittedly, it was a background window on my computer, but I still checked it frequently, reading an analysts’s take on each pick. Why did I follow such an event? I didn’t particularly care about any of these young men, some [...]
NCAA Tourney Update
Posted in basketball on March 22, 2005 | 1 Comment »
For one brief moment, I was on top of the NCAA Tournament world. Sure I’d only gotten 23 out of 32 first round picks right, but all sixteen of my Sweet 16 picks had won. And on Saturday, the first 6 of those 16 had won their next game, including Wisconsin-Milwaukee (at 12, the lowest [...]
The NCAA Tournament
Posted in basketball on March 17, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
The NCAA tournament gets underway tomorrow, and I’m somewhat surprised at how little I care. I hardly watched any college basketball this season, and while I intend to watch some of the tourney, I’m not particularly empassioned at the thought of it. On three different occasions, Dad and I have gone to the games at [...]
The New Blue Devils
Posted in basketball, football on February 10, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Making the cross-sport college-pro comparison… Duke is a dynasty — they’ve been at or near the top of college basketball, with the exception of one year, for as long as Mike Krzyzewski has been their coach. How have they done it? Coach K has recruited numerous All-Americans, which puts him in select company in the [...]
