big-ten-conference Stories - The Smoking Musket
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/25/2011
Three Sweet Sixteen appearances by three BCS teams that defeated K-State this season produced two stinkers and one survival. All in all, not a great night for the ol' resume/reputation. I don't recall ever seeing a Mike Krzyzewski-coached team capitulate in the face of sudden and unanticipated...
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/24/2011
Joining Colorado in New York City next week for the NIT "final four" will be Alabama, Wichita State and Washington State, all unsurprising home winners Wednesday night. Alabama jumped all over Miami, but let the Hurricanes back into it midway through the game before putting them away for good late....
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/23/2011
As Monday night was to Oklahoma State, so Tuesday night was to Colorado, albeit with slightly different results. Alec Burks fought through illness to score 25 points and grab 10 rebounds in a 81-74 home victory over seventh-seeded Kent State in the NIT quarterfinals — and the Buffs needed...
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/22/2011
The only game of relevance Monday night occurred in Pullman, Wash., where the second-seeded Washington St. Cougars dispatched the third-seeded Oklahoma St. Cowboys to advance to the NIT quarterfinals. Although the final margin was 10 points, the game really wasn't that close. Wazzu jumped out to a...
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/20/2011 (NCAA Open Thread)
For the final day of the NCAA Tournament's first week, this again is your BOTC-hosted home for March Madness discussion. Saturday was an active day throughout the Big Dance, but for the purposes of this feature, all the relevant action occurred in the wide-open Southeast Region, in which I...
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/19/2011 (NCAA Open Thread)
For the third straight day of gorging on hoops, feel free to use this story's comments section as a gathering place to discuss the afternoon's NCAA Tournament action. Texas A&M and UNLV both fell to 24-9 after ugly losses in the second round. TAMU's loss was ugly on the offensive end, while...
TOURNEY WATCH: 3/17/2011 (NCAA Open Thread)
Feel free to use this story's comments section as a gathering place to discuss the early afternoon NCAA Tournament action, especially if you were clever like me and took a vacation day today. I'll recap Wednesday night's NIT action in seed order, starting with the two No. 1 seeds, Colorado and...
BRACKET BLOG: Southwest Region
Three down, one to go. Man, I need to get to sleep... I'll push the final BRACKET BLOG at 9 a.m. so you can make last-minute changes to your bracket here if you actually rely on my insights for any decisions you make with it. The group ID is 104278 and the password is FearTheBeard. Follow the jump...
BIG 12 OUTLOOK: 03.15.11 (Final Analysis)
<!-- BEGIN WIDGET --> Big 12 Conference Standings (updated 3.14.2011) Conf Overall W L W L No. 1 seed #2 Kansas Jayhawks 14 2 32 2 No. 4 seed #8 Texas Longhorns 13 3 27 7 No. 7 seed #24 Texas A&M Aggies 10 6 24 8 No. 5 seed #21 Kansas State...
RPI WATCH: 12/23/2010
His coach stuttered and stammered, that man named Bill Self,And Bern laughed when she heard him, in spite of herself;As St. Selby, after a good-natured bet,Fired a halfcourt shot that was nothing but net;He spoke not a word, but went straight to the lockers,While his teammates made plans to go see...
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