Archive for March, 2009

Western Kentucky knocks off Illinois

March 20, 2009

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.

March 18, 2009

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?

March 18, 2009

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

March 18, 2009

  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 from last [...]

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Brackets Announced

March 15, 2009

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 [...]

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Villanova beats Marquette after thrilling comeback by the Golden Eagles

March 12, 2009

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.

March 12, 2009

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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