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

Unless you consider Missouri a bully.
Missouri 73 Oklahoma 64

Missouri
DeMarre Carroll scored 15 and hauled in 10 boards
Leo Lyons scored 15
Justin Safford hit 2 trifectas and swiped 3 in 7 minutes
12 steals

Oklahoma
Blake Griffin scored 16 (7-11 fg), grabbed 21 biscuits, and missed 5 free throws
21 turnovers
Juan Pattilo hauled in 9 boards in 17 minutes, but, also had 6 turnovers and fouled out
Willie Warren and Austin Johnson shot a combined 6-22 from the field
Texas Tech 84 Kansas 65

Texas Tech
Alan Voskuil drained 9 trifectas, scored 35
Mike Singletary scored 18 and grabbed 10 boards in 26 minutes
Every player that saw …read more

Maryland needed this game badly and they sure the heck played like it. Mr. Vasquez had twice as many feeds as UNC had total (5).
Terrapin fans storming the floor (appropriate considering UNC is a top 5 team and Maryland has been struggling much of the season)

Oklahoma @ Texas
Blake Griffin went out in the first half with an apparent concussion and hasn’t been back since. Oklahoma leads Texas by 5 at this exact moment (10:44pm central time). Not sure that means Texas is really mediocre or that Oklahoma is really solid.
Freshman Willie Warren just made a 3 …read more

Just 24 hours after No. 2 Connecticut lost to No. 8 Georgetown, another top 5 undefeated team went down in flames.
Oklahoma was never even in this one as it lost to unranked Arkansas 98-88 tonight in Fayetteville, Ark.
The Sooners (10-1) trailed in the first half 53-38 and led by as many as 25, but Oklahoma made a nice run, but fell short.
Oklahoma freshman Willie Warren led all scorers with 35 points, while Blake Griffin had 21 points and 13 rebounds.
Michael Washington was one of six Razorbacks to score in double figures with 24 points and snatched 11 rebounds for …read more

–The NDSU Bison scored 74 in the first half alone against NAIA opponent Mayville St. (128-64) Mississippi Valley State spends about 2 ½ games worth of time reaching 74, usually. MVSU and Mayville St. might be competitive.
–Stephen Curry LAUNCHED 15 three’s against the Sooners yesterday in a 4 point defeat. He only made 6 of them. Taking 29 shots to score 44 points isn’t the type of efficiency a team looks for from their PG.
–Bryant Barr had a lousy game, only connecting on 1-9 field goals.
–Davidson showed their explosiveness for sure. …read more

Let’s backtrack a little and look back on the picks, predictions, prognostications—ah whatever—that I have laid out here so eloquently in the collegefastbreak domain somewhat recently.
In no particular order and in no particular feeling of confidence either:
**** Scoff at it, just get mad at it UofA fans. Your team will lay an egg this year but totally get hot and win the NIT.
^ Addition by subtraction in Texas—ludicrous to say maybe, but D.J. and A.J. were beguiling wonders on the court that irrevocably held back the Longhorns from placing more impactful punches against stronger fighters.
$ The …read more