Welcome, By-Godders, to the Shotgun/Throwdown, WVU's nationally recognized best place for sports links, information, sophomoric humor and daily distractions. We're being brought to you today by Jameson Irish Whiskey, in honor of St. Patrick's Day and today's Miss Throwdown. You can go ahead and drink your green beer, I'll have a drink of Jameson and chase it with a Smithwick's.
Top 'o the mornin' to ya!!! It's St. Patrick's Day...the one day of the year that it's acceptable for WVU fans to wear green. Lot's of bracket breakdowns and several videos inside. We even have some travel guides for anyone making the trip to Buffalo this weekend. I thank my lucky stars for tips, suggestions and requests. Also, don't forget to vote!! Jump on over the 4 leaf clover and come on in...Slainte!!
What You May Have Missed:
Three Nights in New York - MSNsportsNET.Com
Caridi's post, includes audio link
Coaches Select Butler To All-District Team - BGN
Rifle: Seven Earn NRA All-America Honors - MSNsportsNET.Com
Baseball: WVU Takes Two from Niagara - MSNsportsNET.Com
BIG EAST Announces 2009-10 "Sportsmanship Act of the Year" - BIG EAST Conference Athletics
Alumni Association Plans Events in Buffalo - MSNsportsNET.Com
The Queen City Welcomes You, Share It's Treasures - Troy Nunes Is An Absolute Magician
Tournament Central - Buffalo News
"A Fan's Guide to Buffalo"
News of Note:
The Bracketologist fills out his bracket - ESPN
64 truths noted by Tim Keown - ESPN
Joe Posnanski: my 64-second NCAA picks - SI.com
Quick thoughts on each region of NCAA tournament bracket - Seth Davis - SI.com
The seven teams capable of winning the national title - The Dagger - Yahoo! Sports
Better Know a Bracket: East Region - Andy Hutchins - Sporting News
Huggins stacking hay as NCAA date nears - Charleston Gazette
Shooting still an issue for second-seeded WVU - Charleston Daily Mail
Always be prepared - Times West Virginian
Hertzel Column
West Virginia Has to Find Way to Score Consistently - Intelligencer / Wheeling News-Register
WVU's Butler seeks cap to splendid season - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
WVU Team Report - WVIllustrated.com
Manning the Middle - WVIllustrated.com
Recruiting:
Fields verbally commits to WVU women's team - Charleston Gazette
Around the League (and Beyond):
Bracket babble: Five bold predictions - ESPN
Ten double-digit seeds that could wreak havoc on the bracket - SI.com
Five tips on picking your bracket - SI.com
UConn Repeat a Given ... or Is It? - NCAABB FanHouse
Let's hope
ACC's Reputation Goes on Trial on Buffalo Court - NCAABB FanHouse
"Six teams have a chance to revive the ACC's reputation, and a third of them will try to do it on one court Friday."
Syracuse needs to "Shut it Down" in the NCAA Tournament - Post Standard
Villanova very familiar with Robert Morris - The Nova Blog
Oakland to attack Pitt this time - PPG
Anyone else find it completely ironic they're playing Oakland first?
Jerry Smith will play against California - Card Chronicle
Cal, Louisville guards have proved point - Courier-Journal
Seton Hall Law dean Patrick Hobbs has 'a number of concerns' about Pirates basketball program - Star Ledger
Is the Law Dean kind of like a Law Dog from the movie Tombstone? He's acting as the AD either way. SH dropped their first round game of the NIT last night to Texas Tech 87 - 69.
Tough ending to solid season for South Florida - Tampa Tribune
58 - 57 loss to NC State
Cincinnati Bearcats prepare for Weber State in NIT - Cincinnati Enquirer
Greg Schiano eager for spring challenge youthful Rutgers football team presents - Star Ledger
What's On Tap:
Sorry, I missed the play-in game yesterday...here's the results:
Smith's 14 points extend Golden Lions' improbable run - ESPN
Ark. Pine Bluff over Winthrop 61 - 44, Duke up next. Anyone else of the opinion that the play-in game winner should play the overall #1? Since they've gone to 65, I don't think they ever have.
Videos of Interest:
Video of (Dis)Interest:
God Bless you Jimmy Traina for posting this one yesterday:
...and now a word from our sponsor. Slainte!!!!
St. Patrick's Gallery of the Week:
Miss Throwdown:
Today's Miss Throwdown is a wee Irish lass (she's only 5'2") who's graced the pages of the UK tabloid, Page 3. Here's Claire Tully. (despite the URL text, the gallery is SFW)
Jameson image via visioncompanies.com
clover image via www.freewebs.com
