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Texas, North Carolina to Play Basketball -- In Jerry's World
Texas is in negotiations with North Carolina for a 4-game series, that would start with a game Jerry Jones' new stadium in Arlington. The series would be set up where two games would be played at major sites off campus for each school and then have a another game on each others campus. Jones is...
Championship Recap: Choke City
Evidently the Kansas Jayhawks remembered the Alamo. Okay, probably not, but they remembered Memphis' poor foul shooting. In a championship gaffe that ranks up with Jean Van de Velde choking away the British Open, the Houston Oilers blowing a 4 TD lead in the second half of a playoff game, and the...
Homework Assignment: Two things to look for in the Championship game
1) Look for Sherrod Collins to play a bunch alongside Chalmers and Rush on the perimeter. Robinson has been a great role playing guard, but against Memphis' perimeter pressuring M2M, you have to be able to drive the basketball and Collins, Rush, and Chalmers give the Jayhawks the best opportunity...
Semi-final Recaps and Final Prediction
Memphis vs. UCLA Josh Shipp and Russell Westbrook's size. Kevin Love's interior presence. These were supposed to be the antidotes for the size and length of Memphis' backcourt offensively and smothering perimeter personnel defensively. Well, scrap that. The UCLA Bruins would have had a better...
Final Four Preview and Prediction
Here at the Carnival, we're coached to accentuate and draw attention to those predictions that we happen to be dead-on-balls accurate about. When we're wrong we change the subject, obfuscate, or write about film. I didn't get the memo on writing about being dumped but damn that's entertaining...
Ultimate Boston College Bar Tournament Final Four: (2) Cityside vs (3) Mary Ann's
In our second matchup of the Final Four we have the favorite Mary Ann's vs. behemoth Cityside. Mary Ann's is playing like a bar with a chip on their shoulder, many complaining that they should have had the #1 seed. Cityside, under new ownership, has taken heat for being an away team bar, but many...
Ultimate Boston College Bar Tournament: Final Four Bars Revealed
After weeks of voting, social media politicking and dirty hijinx, the Ultimate Boston College Bar Tournament Final Four is finally read to be unveiled. The second round of the Bar Tournament was rather uneventful, with most bars winning by huge margins. But the Final Four promises to be an epic...
ROUNDTABLE: Hope Springs Eternal
Spring football is here, and with it, the boundless optimism of a fan base fresh off a bowl appearance and yearning for more. Of course, that optimism should be tempered by the fact that we lost the bowl game and a ton of starters on both sides of the ball, including from a defense that was one of...
BRACKET BLOG: National Championship (NCAA Open Thread)
Once again, this BRACKET BLOG also will serve as an open discussion thread for tonight's national championship game. A game preview follows after the jump. Previous Entries: First Four East Region Southeast Region Southwest Region West Region Third Round Sweet Sixteen Elite Eight Final Four The...
NCAA Tournament Final Four: Boston College Fans Rooting For Butler
It's Butler vs. UConn for the 2011 NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. So by default, BC fans are rooting for Butler, right? I mean, consider your options: You can root for the scrappy mid-major who has a head coach who doubles as an accountant ... A team that is playing in its second...
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