Two Big East teams are still kicking. Gus Johnson would still be yelling if he had been the play-by-play guy for the Nova-Pitt game. My National Champion pick (UNC) is still alive and well despite my utter lack of competence everywhere else on the bracket.
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Forget about Villanova’s impressive run to The Motor City—featuring a ‘why the heck did people pick this team to go to Detroit’ (when they were trailing American by double digits) and ‘this Scottie Reynolds is stinking up the joint’ comments from yours truly—Michigan State takes the cake here. Me hailing from Michigan, what a surprise, huh? Well, …read more

Mr. Whitlock is a widely respected columnist for the Kansas City Star. He has won some cool journalism awards and stuff blah blah he is a pretty good writer yada yada yada.
Whitlock wrote an article for ‘FoxSports on MSN’ yesterday.
“NCAA Truths” he calls it.
I call it a bunch of mumbo jumbo. Ok, only some of it.
Whitlock’s words in bold
The Gonzaga Bulldogs are not my sleeper team. They’re my pick to win the whole thing.
Jason is trying to drum up some discussion and controversy on his article, no person (unless they’re a Zags …read more

Can you really call it a challenge if one conference just annihilates the other year after year?
Here is my preview of all 11 games from August 15th. It’s so good I figured I wouldn’t revise it at all.
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The Atlantic Coast Conference has dominated the Big Ten in each of the 9 years of this yearly Challenge. The last two years the ACC has recorded 16 wins versus just 6 losses. The ACC’s total record is 56-30.
The Challenge tips off on the first of December with Wisconsin visiting Virginia Tech.
After the opening day game, 5 games on each of the …read more

The Spartans are again wickedly athletic, versatile, deep and, yep, a likely good tease as well.
Losing Drew Neitzel won’t be as catastrophic for the Spartans as it would be for quite a few other quality teams in the country. Izzo had some depth to work with last year and that allowed fellow guard Kalin Lucas, now a sophomore, to really gain a wealth of experience. As one of the fastest players in the country, Kalin often does not need anyone to accompany him on a fast break. He’s an up tempo player of the A grade variety. …read more

Drew Nietzel era over-

Kalin Lucas, Raymar Morgan, Goran Suton, Chris Allen and Delvon Roe might be the most solid starting five in the nation outside of UNC.

Kalin Lucas is so fast that rabid Spartan fans have flooded SpartanTailgate.com with Usain Bolt-Kalin Lucas comparisons.
But as one quick poster pointed out, who would be faster dribbling a ball?
Yeah Usain, try multi-tasking while running your little 100 and 200 meter jogs.
Kalin is maneuvering his way around folks, laying it in around and over guys six or more inches taller, all the while dribbling a basketball at full speed. One …read more

The Atlantic Coast Conference has dominated the Big Ten in each of the 9 years of this yearly Challenge. The last two years the ACC has recorded 16 wins versus just 6 losses. The ACC’s total record is 56-30.
The Challenge tips off on the first of December with Wisconsin visiting Virginia Tech.
After the opening day 5 games on each of the next 2 days will take place. There are some salivating matchups for sure.
Duke at Purdue
UNC vs. MSU at Ford Field– ok, UNC at MSU
Ohio St. at Miami
Eh, I guess know “salivating” is more of …read more