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In my previous post, I dissected the “dunk” by UT’s Candace Parker and briefly mentioned how it is being promoted by ESPN in much the same fervor as they did Pat Summitt passing Dean Smith on the all time wins list even though the two sports are completely different. Where the alleged dunk is concerned, [...] Continue reading ESPN: Promote Women’s Basketball At All Costs Brian Barbour on March 20th, 2006 |  Comments are closed Because I thought this was readily defined but following the Tennessee-Army game in the Women’s NCAA Tournament the standard has been adjusted somewhat. Volunteer Candace Parker is being hailed as the first woman to “dunk” twice in a tournament game. This is obviously big news for women’s basketball fans who want to see the game [...] Continue reading What is a Slam Dunk? Brian Barbour on March 20th, 2006 | Comments are closed Four #1 seeds are still alive. As well as a #13, #11, #7, and #6. And with four #1 seeds still alive the possibility of all four making the Final Four is very much in play. Using average seeding of the three remaining teams in each of the top seed’s region here is an idea [...] Continue reading Sweet Sixteen But is was all gravy right? At least that is the consolation Tar Heel fans are employing this evening after watching UNC come out like world beaters against George Mason then settle into a rut which lasted the rest of the game. UNC played a horrible game, committed six straight turnovers to start the second [...] Continue reading Heels Season Collapses on Floor in Second Half, Dies Later Brian Barbour on March 18th, 2006 | Comments are closed When the NCAA Tournament started, ESPN chose Tennessee as an “All Access” team meaning they would be filming every mundane part of UT’s existence outside of the game itself. ESPN probably thought that UT would be around at least until next Saturday. Since the “never should have been seeded second” Volunteers have been summarily dismissed [...] Continue reading Is Half of a Sweet Sixteen a Semi-Sweet Eight? Bracket. Busted. In all of the years I have been picking brackets I have never lost a Final Four team during the first round. Congratualtions Kansas, you have now lost two straight first round games as a top four seed under Bill Self and if am not mistaken that is a first. Here are today’s [...] Continue reading NCAA Tournament Wrapup Brian Barbour on March 17th, 2006 | Comments are closed From Dayton, OH where everyone’s chic pic to beat UNC in the second round, Michigan St., lost to a team playing without a key player. Given the struggles we have seen tonight from UConn as well as the Iowa loss to Northwestern St., this is a dangerous fame for UNC. Time to take care of [...] Continue reading NCAA TOURNAMENT-UNC vs MURRAY STATE: LIVE BLOG Brian Barbour on March 17th, 2006 | Comments are closed The latest, greatest controversey surrounding Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski is a theory that UNC’s placement in Dayton rather than Greensboro had something do with Duke’s complaint about sharing a pod site with UNC. It has been postulated that the large influx of UNC fans actually creates a home court disadvantage for Duke. UNC fans will [...] Continue reading Coach K Fans the Flames Brian Barbour on March 17th, 2006 | Comments are closed After going 13-3 on the first day I am suspicious that my bracket will look more like this dog by the end of Friday’s action. Heels play tonight at 9:30. Brian Barbour on March 16th, 2006 | Comments are closed Based on the action so far, you could say some of the favored higher seeds have played with fire today and walked away without a singe. So far we had two high seeds go down to the brink before winning and one other who needed a little push in the last two minutes to get [...] Continue reading High Seeds Scared Senseless Brian Barbour on March 15th, 2006 | Comments are closed I told myself I was going to take a more researched approach this year. I decided I would invest the time to look at stats and records. I wanted to flesh out the matchups and examine the common opponents in an effort to make informed picks and attain the unattainable: 32-0 on during the first [...] Continue reading NCAA Picks Brian Barbour on March 15th, 2006 | Comments are closed The U.S. Senate expresses their dissatisfaction with the NCAA Tournament bracket during floor debate on Tuesday. |
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