A running ‘blogentary’ of the NCAA Men’s National Championship

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I’m on the couch and it’s 6:59 PM Mountain Time.   The NCAA men’s basketball championship game is set to start its broadcast on CBS in exactly one minute.  Computer on lap, baby is sleeping, dogs are fed, and I am ready to roll.  Here is my running blog-commentary, or, blogentary, of the … [Read more...]

March Madness: A very weird Final Four coming up

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I think my ten-week-old baby could have done a better job picking the winners on this year's NCAA men's basketball tournament bracket.  Or, maybe my dogs should have somehow been involved with the selections.  College basketball is filled with so much parity now that anyone can beat anyone on any … [Read more...]

March Madness: I can’t say I was wrong about the Big East

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I'll say it - I called it.  I wrote a blog on Valentine's Day expressing my disagreement with experts' and analysts' opinions that the Big East is the best conference in men's college basketball.  I specifically called out Pitt for their ever-underachieving spirit in the wake of being rewarded … [Read more...]

March Madness: And the Brackets are Out!

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Wow.  And there you have it.  In the words of Jim Nantz, "They've done it!"  The selection committee has made some bold choices in putting the 2011 NCAA men's basketball tournament together.  This year we are dealing with 68 teams and four play-in games.  A big change is that this year the … [Read more...]