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      Purdue Keeps Big Ten Undefeated

      March 20, 2008 /

      Matt Painter has his young team refocused and rolling. Watch out!! they totally took Baylor out of the game in the first half enroute to their 10th straight opening round win. Four guys in double figures led by Grant is a trademark of this team. The win keeps the Big 10 undefeated.

      Kudos to Scott Drew who got Baylor into the tournament this year after bringing the program back from the dead. Bad line, sorry. Curtis Jerrells showed why he is one of the best guards in the Big 12 with 27 points and 8 assists.

      In Colorado, the Golden Eagles of Oral Roberts got their wings clipped by a rugged Pittsburgh team. Once again it was defense that won out. Jaime Dixon has built this program on tough guard play and it was on full dispaly today. With Levance Fields healthy, the Panthers could be a threat in this tournament.

      The biggest surprise so far was the route by UNLV of Kent State. The Rebels limited the Golden Flash to only 10 points in the first half anf forced 20 turnovers. The 10 points by Kent was the lowest since 2001 when Butler held Wake Forest to that score. Lon Kruger has done a wonderful job of mixing in four new starters and changing the toughness level of this team. They truley resemble their coach from his playing days.

      Marquette disposed of a Kentucky team that many thought shouldn’t have made the field. I disagreed. Anyone who goes 12-4 in the SEC deserves to be in. And the Wildcats had a chance to tie with under 20 seconds, but turned it over. That’s kind of how the whole season went for them.

      In the battle of perfect graduation rates, Stanford whacked Cornell. When you have twin 7′ it’s tough to lose.

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      No Nightmares For the Jayhawks

      March 20, 2008 /

      Two of the last three years have seen the Kansas Jayhawks upset by high seed. First, it was Bucknell then it was Bradley. They showed no signs of flashbacks today as they steamrolled Portland State from the opening tip.

      Scoring inside to open the game and then banging three’s when the Vikings collapsed, they showed why they are a #1 seed. If Rush (4-9), Chalmers (3-6) and Collins (3-4) can shoot the three ball like they did today, the Jayhawks will be cutting down the nets. On the defensive side they played with the type of defensive tenacity Bill Self emphasized. This is by far the most dangerous Kansas team defensively in 20 years. They do something that Roy Williams’ Jayhawks teams never did. They swarm and smother!!

      Georgia’s miracle run came to an end, but not without some fight. They led the #3 seed Xavier Muskateers for the firs 35 minutes, but finally succumbed to Xavier’s defensive pressure and 3 point shooting. Hats off to Dennis Felton and his team. They really did show that there was some fight left in the Dawgs. Their players should be remembered for a great run under adverse circumstances. Also, Dennis Felton may have earned himself a contract extension. I say may have because you never know with college administrators. He certainly deserves it. Not only for his teams run in the SEC tourney, but also for the class in which he carried him self under trying times. That is the true test of a man’s character and he is a great example for his young men.

      Michigan State crushed Temple. It looked like Coach Izzo must have thrown his players out of the lockerroom again. The Spartans played with a determination that has not been seen in the last couple weeks of the season. Balanced scoring was the key on a night when Drew Neitzel looked awful. That’s a good sign for Michigan State.

      Mark my words…. All close games will be won and lost by which team bangs consecutive three pointers in the last 4 minutes of a game. Xavier proved that theory today. Making three late is just as important as making free throws!!!

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      MLBPA to look into why Bonds is still unemployed

      March 19, 2008 /

      The MLBPA is apparently a little confused as to why the league’s active home run king is still umemployed.

      The lack of offers to Barry Bonds will be examined by the baseball players’ association as part of its annual review of the free-agent market.

      After speaking with the Los Angeles Angels during his annual tour of spring-training camps, union head Donald Fehr said his staff will examine possible collusion against Bonds and others.

      “We always look at the free-agent markets every year and make judgments about them, and if we come to the conclusion with respect to any player that there’s a matter worth pursuing, we’ll pursue it,” he said. “But I’m not going to make any suggestions or accusations unless and until we come to that conclusion.”

      One possible reason Bonds is still unemployed is maybe because his knees are shot and he can’t move. Here’s another idea: he’s an a*shole. It is strange that an AL team hasn’t picked up the phone and tabbed Bonds as their DH because obviously the man can still hit, but teams aren’t stupid – they know what kind of circus he brings to the clubhouse.

      I’m still someone who believes Bonds doesn’t get enough credit for helping out fellow players. Giants’ infielder Kevin Frandsen has said in the past that when he was struggling at the plate last year, Bonds took the time to coach him in the cage. However, I don’t know if the MLBPA needs to look very deep as to why teams might not be interested injecting Bonds into their clubhouse.

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      Top HS recruit Pryor heading to OSU

      March 19, 2008 /

      Terrell Pryor has finally decided where he’s going to play college football next year and it won’t be at the Big House in Ann Arbor.

      After a Feb. 6 news conference when Pryor announced that he had no announcement, the nation’s No. 1 high school quarterback said in a noon press conference today that he will attend Ohio State. He chose Ohio State over Michigan, Penn State and Oregon.

      Pryor might be able to give that boost now as a freshman, then blow up in Jim Tressel’s offense in 2009. Michigan, another finalist for Pryor, could have handed him all the snaps immediately. But with the practice snaps that backup quarterback Antonio Henton took last year, Tressel clearly warmed to the idea of using a No. 2 quarterback to change the game.

      “He’s a dynamic playmaker at quarterback,” said Jeremy Crabtree, a national recruiting analyst for Rivals.com. “And we’ve seen in college football today if you have that dynamic guy at quarterback — a guy who can change what should be a sack on third and 8 into a touchdown run or who can make a big throw in the clutch — you can go a long way with some other pieces of the puzzle missing.”
      The presence of Pryor, who becomes the most naturally gifted OSU freshman quarterback at least since Art Schlichter 30 years ago, amplifies those possibilities. In 1978, the Buckeyes had a senior quarterback, too, and Woody Hayes moved Rod Gerald to receiver to clear space for Schlichter.

      With Pryor on his way to Columbus and Ryan Mallet transferring to Arkansas, Rich Rodriguez is going to wish he stayed in West Virginia by early August. He doesn’t have a spread option quarterback to run his offense and his biggest rival just landed the top recruit in the nation.

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      Money Teams

      March 18, 2008 /

      A great article by Kyle Welliston on the differences in college basketball budgets. It is pretty accurate although a little misleading. A lot of schools don’t count scholarships and salaries in the athletic budget. I know that sounds stupid, but it’s true. It has to do with where the funding comes from (fees, outside donations, endowments, institutional aid, etc…).

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