Archive for March, 2009

Western Kentucky knocks off Illinois


Western Kentucky knocked off Illinois in the NCAA tournament. The one thing Illinois didnt prevent was 3pt shooting. Like I said, Orlando Mendez-Valdez is 34th in the nation in 3’s and A.J. Slaughter is 166th in that category. Western Kentucky shot 47.4% from the arc. The Illini shot 27.8% from 3. But Illinois shot 49% [...]

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Who is really number one? Poll. Leave Comment for team.


Louisville:1
Uconn:0
UNC:1
Pitt:2
Duke:0
Michigan State:0
Memphis:0
Oklahoma:0

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Will they win? Enough talent?


UCLA, Illinois, Utah. UCLA is predicted to lose to Eric Maynor and VCU. Maynor is good. I think VCU will win by a few points considering UCLA has Josh Shipp and Darren Collison. Illinois will beat Western Kentucky. All the Illini have to do is pressure A.J. Slaughter and Orlando Mendez-Valdez. And put Mike Davis [...]

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NCAA 2009 tourney breakdown


  Louisville, Louisville, Louisville. A 1 seed. It was close. Memphis had a good resume, a  31-3 record with a 16-0 conference record.  With a guard like Tyreke Evans who averages 16.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, and 3.8 assists a game. And with Robert Dozier and Antonio Anderson on the team, that gives Memphis leadership [...]

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Brackets Announced


1 seeds: Louisville, Uconn, Pittsburgh, North Carolina
2 seeds: Michigan State, Memphis, Duke, Oklahoma
3 seeds: Kansas, Missouri, Villanova, Syracuse
4 seeds: Wake Forest, Washington, Xavier, Gonzaga
5 seeds: Utah, Purdue, Florida State, Illinois
6 seeds: West Virginia, Marquette, UCLA, Arizona State
7 seeds: Boston College, California, Texas, Clemson
8 seeds: Ohio State, BYU, Oklahoma State, LSU
9 seeds: Siena, Texas A&M, Tennessee, [...]

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Villanova beats Marquette after thrilling comeback by the Golden Eagles


Villanova won by 1 after a thrilling finish off a lay-up by Anderson from Villanova. Marquette had come back from 12 down. Marquette guard Dominic James cheered his team on when he was benched from an injury. McNeal from Marquette hit the 3 to put Marquette in the lead. Villanova finished with a back cut [...]

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West Virginia upsets #2 Pittsburgh in quarterfinals of Big East.


When Dejuan Blair is in foul trouble. It is trouble. Early on, Pitt was up 9-4 on the Mountaineers of West Virginia but Blair got his second foul and the score at halftime was 36-34 West Virginia. West Virginia senior guard Alex Ruoff played big after his 0 point performance on senior night. West Virginia [...]

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