tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030Thu, 24 Oct 2024 12:24:08 +0000Big EastbasketballGeorgetownconference tournament poolVillanovaMarquettePittuconnLouisvilleNotre DameSyracuseProvidenceCincinnatiDePaulSouth FloridaWest Virginiahasheem thabeetncaa tournamentncaa tournament projectionsDeJuan BlairDukegreg monroeohio valleyrutgersAlonzo MourningArinze OnuakuBobby HurleyChristian LaettnerDikembe MutomboEarl ClarkFriday Night LightsJohn Thompson IILuke HarangodyRocky moviesSam YoungTerrence Williamsbig southchris wrightdajuan summersdominic jamesdominique jonesharrison high schoolhenry simshorizon leaguejeff adrienjerel mcnealjerome dysonjessie sappjim calhounrobert churchwellseton hallst. john'sWhere the show goes on, with or without DaJuan Summers...http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Dan)Blogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-7434225315029509207Sat, 28 Mar 2009 02:11:00 +00002009-03-27T22:12:59.511-04:00Big Eastncaa tournamentOn the off chance that somebody out there is still checking this blog and wondering what happened as the Big East has been rolling through the NCAA tournament, I thought I should mention that I'm now blogging college hoops (as well as baseball, football and maybe some other stuff) for my new employer at this site here. Feel free to check in anytime.http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/revenge-isnt-missing-its-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-2999983778821970913Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:47:00 +00002009-03-20T10:01:30.271-04:00basketballBig Eastncaa tournamentuconnVillanovaI mean, the President only got 11 out of 16 right on the first day, so I guess I don't feel too bad, getting only 10. But he didn't lose any second-round winners, whereas the day's biggest upset was of a team (Illinois) that I had picked into the Elite Eight.Yikes.Well, at least that's out of the way. Now I can enjoy the games without worrying about whether I need to get them right or not. I am http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/busted-already.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-8597445507370100202Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:12:00 +00002009-03-19T10:23:34.460-04:00basketballBig EastGeorgetownncaa tournamentHonestly, you couldn't have scripted a more fitting end to this season. Blow a 10-point halftime lead, on the road, against a team full of seniors who stayed more focused and motivated throughout the game than you did. Fall asleep on defense over and over again and let that kid keep getting free on the baseline for those alley-oop dunks.I hate watching my team in the NIT, because you never feel http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/baylor-74-georgetown-72-requiem-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-2931119853523695281Sun, 15 Mar 2009 14:01:00 +00002009-03-15T10:01:31.163-04:00conference tournament poolTwelve more bids awarded Saturday, and only four more conference tournaments to be played. It is as tight as it gets at the top of the pool.Chris Sabatino leads with 304 points. Right behind him are Rob Biro and Steve Politi, each with 303.Chris also leads the race for most champions picked correctly, with 11 out of 26 so far, but Ed Price, Yohan Sengamalay, Sal Sabatino and Steve Politi each http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-saturday_15.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-168309651805003045Sat, 14 Mar 2009 14:22:00 +00002009-03-14T10:22:31.262-04:00conference tournament poolOh, we got a race, boys.On a day that saw 16 tournaments play, one champion crowned and another slew of top seeds hit the bricks, Rob Biro moved into first place in the overall points standings of The Conference Tournament Pool.But it’s tight behind him. Chris Sabatino is two points back, Steve Politi just three out of the lead, and Sal Sabatino and Greg Lester are each within nine points of the http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-friday-recap_14.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-1633725006268080995Fri, 13 Mar 2009 12:05:00 +00002009-03-13T08:06:35.481-04:00conference tournament poolWow.WOW!!!!!Wow.There were 53 Division I NCAA college basketball tournament games played Thursday. A total of 15 tournaments saw action. Four were just beginning. No champions were crowned. One game went SIX FREAKING OVERTIMES!!!You want madness? The top two seeds in the Big 12 tournament – the two teams that 11 of the 12 of us picked to meet in the finals and all 12 of us picked to win it – http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-thursday_13.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-3724084627092526151Thu, 12 Mar 2009 12:09:00 +00002009-03-12T08:10:16.119-04:00conference tournament poolSeven more tournaments started Wednesday. In all, 11 saw action. Robert Morris and Portland State punched their tickets to the dance, bringing the total number of crowned conference champs to 13. Ed still leads in total points, but Rob, Chris and others are close enough that he can’t get comfy just yet.Oh, it’s just getting good…Strangely, there are no title games today. Fifteen tournaments in http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-wednesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-7918771113440459727Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-03-11T10:37:21.227-04:00conference tournament poolThree more tickets punched -- North Dakota State, Western Kentucky and Cleveland Freaking State are going dancing. Also, things got started in the Big East, which is the conference that my blog was about before it was hijacked by this all-conference insanity. Maybe for that reason we'll spend a little extra time on the Big East in these updates. You know. For the fans.At this writing, we are http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-tuesday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-4886282065278706995Tue, 10 Mar 2009 11:03:00 +00002009-03-10T01:02:58.387-04:00conference tournament poolFour more dancers got their tickets Monday night, gentlemen. Chattanooga, VCU, Siena and Gonzaga all are going to the NCAA Tournament. Ed Price, Yohan Sengamalay, Paul Canino and Greg Lester are making very small amounts of money because of it.Six tournaments saw action Monday. Eight will play Tuesday, including three title games and four sets of first-round games. Ed Price is currently leading http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-monday-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-153159114161655130Mon, 09 Mar 2009 11:44:00 +00002009-03-09T07:44:00.536-04:00conference tournament poolWe had overtime to decide the MVC champ. We had double overtime in a pivotal MAAC semifinal. The most popular pick in the whole pool so far went down in a semifinal upset in the Southern Conference. And people, we're not even halfway through with this pool.Madness, they say. Madness.Ten tournaments saw action Sunday, and six of those will play again Monday, when four will crown their champions. http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-sunday-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-2767136920484482372Sun, 08 Mar 2009 12:10:00 +00002009-03-08T08:10:00.341-04:00conference tournament poolSorry if this is a little late, but like most of you, I was up watching the incredible double-overtime final in the OVC, then flipped over to catch the end of Louisville-West Virginia, then over to a very entertaining Horizon semifinal between Cleveland State and Green Bay, then to the last 10 minutes of the Rider-St. Peter's MAAC quarterfinal game. Big day. Real nice Saturday, actually. Going tohttp://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-saturday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-5295402161876429155Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:28:00 +00002009-03-07T01:28:00.765-05:00conference tournament poolToday is the first magic day, people. Of the 12 tournaments that see action today, three will crown champions. That means three teams -- one each from the Ohio Valley, Big South and Atlantic Sun Conferences -- will qualify for the NCAA Tournament.(So far, the only team in is Cornell, which plays in the Ivy League, which does not have a conference tournament and is therefore dead to us.)First, http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-friday-recap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-8478688692827819877Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:18:00 +00002009-03-06T07:18:46.024-05:00Because of ESPNU, which is more or less the greatest thing ever, I actually got to watch the frantic final minutes of the Radford-UNC Ashville semifinal in the Big South. Radford hung on to earn a finals matchup with VMI, which walloped Liberty earlier in the day, and thus the first of our brackets comes into focus.The Big South final is scheduled for Sunday. If VMI wins it, Jon (who has picked http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-thursday.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-7434226638434670821Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:59:00 +00002009-03-05T17:04:59.274-05:00All four quarterfinal games in the Northeast Conference tip at 7 pm EST. They are:(1) Robert Morris vs (8) St. Francis NY(2) Mount St. Mary's vs. (7) Wagner(3) Sacred Heart vs. (6) Central Connecticut State(4) Long Island vs. (5) QuinnipiacTONIGHT'S PICKSDan: Robert Morris, LIU, Wager, Sacred HeartSal: Robert Morris, Quinnipiac, MSM, CCSUEd: Robert Morrris, Quinnipiac, MSM, Sacred HeartMark: http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-nec-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-1125816691231073255Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:46:00 +00002009-03-05T16:53:06.850-05:00conference tournament poolThe Missouri Valley Conference tournament begins tonight with two first-round games:(8) Drake vs. (9) Indiana State, 7:05 pm EST(7) Wichita Sate vs. (10) Missouri State, 9:35 pm ESTIn the first game, Ed, Mark, Steve, Rob, Jim, Jon, Yohan and Greg all picked Drake. Dan, Sal, Chris and Nino all picked Indiana State.In the second game, everybody in the pool picked Wichita State. No love whatsoever http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-mvc-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-3161181195999292819Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:23:00 +00002009-03-05T12:31:27.994-05:00The Big South semifinals begin tonight at 6 pm EST at the Dedmon Center in Radford, Va. In the first game, with No. 2 seed VMI taking on No. 3 seed Liberty. In the second game, No. 1 seed and tournament host Radford takes on No. 4 seed UNC-Ashville.The picks for these games are as follows:VMI: Sal, Nino, Chris, Ed, Yohan, Jon, Steve, Greg.Liberty: Dan, Rob, Jim.Coastal Carolina (eliminated first http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-big-south_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-5473158381347293270Thu, 05 Mar 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-03-05T00:06:08.566-05:00First-round Sun Belt winners were (4) North Texas, (5) Middle Tennessee State, (6) South Alabama, (7) Denver and (9) Florida International, which withstood a furious second-half comeback by Louisiana-Lafayette to hold on and win by two points.Chris, Sal, Jon and Steve each picked all five of these winners correctly.Five others picked four of the five. Ed had a tough time here, getting only two http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-sun-belt-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-3893804823697134812Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:28:00 +00002009-03-04T21:39:28.777-05:00basketballBig EastDePaulGeorgetownLouisvilleMarquettePittuconnVillanovaWow. I mean, it was 67-65 at one point. But when you get EVERY SINGLE REBOUND FOR 10 MINUTES, you tend to pull away.This result, combined with Louisville's thrashing of Seton Hall, means a lot of things:-If Louisville wins at West Virginia on Saturday AND UConn loses at Pitt on Saturday, Louisville is the regular-season conference champion and No. 1 seed in the Big East tournament.(-In that http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/pitt-90-marquette-75-regularly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-176153105565559269Thu, 05 Mar 2009 02:20:00 +00002009-03-04T21:25:29.819-05:00Winners in the Patriot League first-round games tonight were (1) American, (2) Holy Cross, (4) Army and (6) Colgate.Nobody picked all four.Dan, Jon, Mark and Steve each got three of four, but Dan is toast, because the only one he lost was Navy, which fell to Colgate in OT and was Dan's upset pick to win the Patriot League tournament.Sal is also toast, having picked Lehigh to beat Army tonight andhttp://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-patriot_04.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-5421059099584203235Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:05:00 +00002009-03-04T19:05:00.433-05:00conference tournament poolThe Atlantic Sun spreads its first round out over the next two nights, so the only game tonight is (2) East Tennessee State vs. (7) Stetson, which tips at 9:30 EST. Everyone in our pool has picked ETSU in that game.Tomorrow night in the A-Sun, we get (4) Lipscomb vs (5) Campbell and (3) Belmont vs. (6) Mercer. The picks for those games are as follows:Lipscomb: Dan, Sal, Rob, Ed, Mark, http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-atlantic-sun.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-4830231176083521981Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:38:00 +00002009-03-04T18:38:00.277-05:00conference tournament poolAw yeah, baby. We got FIVE -- count em -- FIVE Sun Belt games tonight, beginning at 8 pm EST. They are:(4) North Texas vs. (13) Florida Atlantic, 8 pm(5) Middle Tennesse State vs. (12) Arkansas State, 8 pm(6) South Alabama vs. (11) New Orleans, 8:30 pm(8) Louisiana-Lafayette vs. (9) Florida International, 8:30 pm(7) Denver vs. (10) Louisiana-Monroe, 9 pmYes. Denver is in the Sun Belt Conference. http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-sun-belt.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-5164911216068177697Wed, 04 Mar 2009 23:32:00 +00002009-03-04T18:32:00.578-05:00conference tournament poolFour first-round games tonight in the Patriot tournament, beginning at 7 pm EST:(2) Holy Cross vs. (7) Bucknell, 7 pm(3) Navy vs. (6) Colgate, 7 pm(4) Army vs. (5) Lehigh, 7 pm(1) American vs. (8) Lafayette, 7:30 pmTONIGHT'S PICKSDan: American, Army, HC, NavyNino: American, Lehigh, HC, NavyChris: American, Lehigh, HC, NavyYohan: American, Lehigh, HC, NavySal: American, Lehigh, HC, NavyRob: http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-patriot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-148863551940019099Wed, 04 Mar 2009 06:02:00 +00002009-03-04T01:06:12.730-05:00conference tournament poolWinners in the first round OVC games were (1) UT-Martin, (2) Austin Peay, (3) Murray State and (4) Morehead State.Rob, Ed, Steve and Greg each picked all four games correctly.Dan, Sal and Jon each picked three correctly, but each lost with Eastern Kentucky, a team they had advancing into the finals. Their future OVC point-earning potential is, as a result, compromised.Here are the OVC standings http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-ohio-valley.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-3268656623435120208Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:10:00 +00002009-03-03T22:14:24.333-05:00conference tournament poolFirst-round Horizon League winners are (3) Cleveland State, (4) Wright State, (5) Wisconsin-Milwaukee and (7) Illinois-Chicago.Dan, Nino, Rob, Ed, Jim, Steve and Greg all went 4-for-4.Sal, Chris and Yohan all went 3-for-4.Chris and Mark each lost with Valparaiso, a team they had advancing one more round.Scores through one round of the Horizon League Tournament:Dan: 4Nino: 4Rob: 4Ed: 4Jim: 4Steve:http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/conference-tournament-pool-horizon_9363.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7919238430873341030.post-5789897901048085625Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:01:00 +00002009-03-03T22:05:10.124-05:00basketballBig EastGeorgetownst. john'sNot much more to say on this one. Another second-half collapse against another team that should have been easily beaten.Everywhere, I see that Georgetown's strength of schedule is #1 in the country -- toughest schedule of any team in Division I.But I ask you.What does that matter -- what do good-to-great wins over UConn, Syracuse, Memphis and Villanova mean -- if you lose at so many of that http://robertchurchwellsrevenge.blogspot.com/2009/03/st-johns-59-georgetown-56-ot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan)0