Basketball
Duke Point Guard Paulus to Play in the NFL?
Greg Paulus was an accomplished high school football star, breaking many of the quarterback records in the state of New York. He was also one hell of a basketball player. When forced to choose between quarterbacking at Notre Dame and point-guarding at Duke, Paulus chose the latter.
Four years later, Paulus lost his job [...]
Bodog: Lakers Won’t Win NBA Championship
The Los Angeles Lakers won’t win the NBA championship this year. Or at least that’s what the people at Bodoglife.com believe.
The online sportsbook is taking action on the entire league to win the title, but under a current promotion, if the Lakers win it all — all other futures bets are refunded (up to [...]
My Bracket’s Better Than Yours
I don’t fancy myself a real basketball fan. Honestly, if I don’t have money on it, I’m not watching it. But over the years I’ve noticed that there is a funny correlation between watching basketball and filling out a bracket successfully.
When I was younger, I would watch games religiously and fail miserably when [...]
I’ll Have the March Madness — Hold the Madness
Could you have gotten a worse NCAA tournament? I think I rather would have had the BCS version. At least with that, the controversy by itself is exciting. This tournament has lacked Cinderellas as much as it has lacked interest.
So far, there have been 56 games played in the tournament. Of [...]
Finally, Some Proverbial Madness
After 30 of the 32 first round games were complete, the NCAA tournament still just didn’t have that “March Madness” feel. Buzzer beaters weren’t happening, the 12-seeds that won were sort of expected (Arizona was favored!), and the general “madness” as it is so often called, was tough to find.
American almost gave Villanova a [...]
Barack-etology: Obama Plays It Safe
The Hoopster-in-Chief, President Barack Obama, filled out his NCAA bracket, and like a true politician, played it as safe as anyone would have imagined.
Out of the 63 games in the tournament, Barry only had nine games where a lower seed beat a higher seed, with only three double-digit seeds getting out of the first round.
President [...]
Louisville vs. UNC in Hoops BCS Championship
Louisville and North Carolina are playing for the title. Why bother playing the tournament?
It was a close one between North Carolina and Memphis for the second slot in the title game, but then I remembered that Memphis only plays in the Conference USA, while North Carolina is in the ACC. Of course, North [...]
It’s Time to Change the Play-In Game
Did you see Morehead State beat Alabama State to get into the Big Dance? Unless you had money on it, went to one of those schools or are an immediate family member of a player in the game, then the answer is no.
While the lack of interest in the game is one thing, there [...]
Obligatory NCAA Tournament Post
It’s the middle of March, and therefore, we have technically entered what is called “Madness.” Like everyone else in the country, I will be filling out a bracket, not doing well, then talking about how that one team screwed me. “If only Cleveland hung on to beat Wake Forest, then beat Utah and [...]
Moneyball 2: Electric Boogaloo, Starring Shane Battier
For everyone that read Michael Lewis‘ Moneyball, you know that the book revolutionized the way that people view baseball and baseball stats.
Now, perhaps with just one article, Lewis is ready to revolutionize basketball in the same way.
Kevin Youkilis “starred” in Moneyball, and in the sequel, Shane Battier plays the lead. Of course, over the [...]
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