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| What To Make of Steve Spurrier |
| 2008-07-17 23:57:29 |
The Ol Ball Coach is not scripting ball plays this July but fending off rumors of an imminent retirement after just 3 seasons at South Carolina. Spurrier denies the rumors, but the question is raised of how long he will be in Colombia as he is in his 60s. The Ol Ball Coach, known for his innovative offenses, has passed off some of the playcalling duties to his son, Steve Spurrier, Jr, but assures Gamecock supporters he will still be an integral part of the offensive strategy. "I will oversee all the playcalling. I'm still the offensive coordinator," Spurrier said. "In fact, I plan to spend more time with the quarterbacks and the offense this year than maybe I have in three years." Is this shared responsibility a sort of passing of the torch?So what do we make of Spurrier's tenure so f...
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| Georgia's Top 10 Athletes |
| 2008-07-16 21:46:56 |
si.comSI On Campus is doing a series on the top 10 athletes all time at schools around the nation. The latest is the Georgia Bulldogs. From Hines Ward to Herschel Walker......
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| NCAA Football Helmet Quiz |
| 2008-07-13 21:04:52 |
A little slow here in the offseason, but this is a good quiz to pass the time. The site below has a quiz of 50 football helmets. I got a 49 only because I typed "Miami Ohio" instead of "Miami of Ohio". Spelling counts!http://catdomealumni.com/QuizNCAAHelmets.xls...
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| Crazy Links For Ya |
| 2008-06-26 22:32:45 |
It has been a while since I posted so good links and since I was way off on that College World Series like EVERYONE ELSE....here is some good diversion for the weekend....
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| Is There A Statistical Way to Rank College Coaches? |
| 2008-06-23 20:08:46 |
I was approached recently by a fellow blogger about a coaching ranking system using recruiting, player development, game day coaching, and program control as the criteria. Each category was assigned a different weight with recruiting given the most and program control the least. I find it very hard to rate coaches who have less than 2 years experience at a head job in the conference, but I went on past experience if I had to. 1. Recruiting (weight = x2) The life blood of any program. Putting the best team on the field is the best way to give your team the chance to win. If the cupboards are always stocked with Parade All-Americans, it won’t be long before all the right breaks come your way and you’re kn...
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| Finally….the National Championship has come back to the SEC |
| 2008-06-23 13:13:41 |
google.comIt will be Bulldog on Bulldog for the baseball national championship in a best of 3 starting tonight. Number 8 nationally seeded Georgia faces upstart Fresno State who survived the elimination game with North Carolina on Sunday night in the finals. Fresno State is the underdog of all underdogs in this tournament. The Bulldogs of California were a number 4 regional seed, the only one ever to make a College World Series, amounting to a 13 seed or below in the NCAA basketball Tournament making the national title game.The Bulldogs from Georgia are a story in their own right having made the CWS finals after a losing season the previous year, also a first. Game 1 in the 3 game series will be critical, but thes...
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| BC's Best Athletes |
| 2008-06-15 09:10:00 |
SI.comSI.com has a photo gallery counting down the top 10 student athletes (any sport) to ever play at Boston College. SI has some great photo galleries especially during football season and March Madness. I have to say I thought Matt Ryan should have been a little higher than where he was - SI placed former basketball forward Craig Smith ahead of the #3 pick in the NFL Draft of 2008. Number one is of no surprise to anyone.Here is the link....
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| College World Series Picks |
| 2008-06-12 22:13:16 |
We've arrived at the College World and once again the ACC & SEC are well represented with 5 teams in the field of 8. The ACC has 3 who are seeded number 1, 2, and 4 while the LSU and Georgia made it from the 7 and 8 seeds respectively.The CWS works a little differently than the regional play. The teams are placed into two brackets and play a round robin within their bracket. The winners of each double - elimination bracket play each other in a best of 3 series for the championship. Bracket 1 has #1 Miami vs #8 Georgia, Stanford vs #4 Florida State starting on Saturday.Bracket 2 has #2 North Carolina vs #7 LSU, Fresno State vs #6 Rice starting on Sunday.You will notice they do not re seed once in the CWS, which is fortunate for Rice playing long sho...
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| Super Regional Picks |
| 2008-06-05 22:45:35 |
google.comDown to 16 in college baseball for the Super Regionals. ACC has great representation with 4 teams and the SEC has 2. One inter conference matchup as NC State travels to Georgia for the right to advance to Omaha.Here goes it...NC State @ GeorgiaGeorgia is swinging some hot bats right now after winning 4 straight to win their regional after dropping their first game to Lipscomb. NC State rode their pitchers to a regional win over South Carolina. I will take the hitting and Georgia; plus it is an even year so Georgia has to make it to the CWS.Pick: GeorgiaUC Irvine @ LSULSU is another red hot team who will be playing their final games in Alex Box Stadium. UC Irvine's nickname is the Anteaters, so I will take LS-ewPick: LSUCoastal Carolina @ ...
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| Trivia Question of the Day |
| 2008-06-04 17:40:00 |
What two teams have the longest active streak of above .500 in SEC play? I will give you a hint, its not Vanderbilt or Ole Miss. ...
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| NCAA Regional Predictions |
| 2008-05-29 15:18:42 |
google.com The NCAA Regionals get underway this weekend and a total of 15 teams from the ACC (6) and SEC (9) will be taking part. The ACC has 3 of the top 8 seats and the SEC has 2. We have not had much baseball coverage this year, but we will go ahead and throw some predictions out there for the regionals...CORAL GABLES REGIONALHost: Miami1. Miami vs 4. Bethune-Cookman2. Missouri vs 3. Ole MissWINNER: MIAMIANN ARBOR REGIONALHost: Michigan1. Arizona vs 4. Eastern Michigan2. Michigan vs 3. KentuckyWINNER: MICHIGANCARY REGIONALHost: North Carolina1. North Carolina vs 4. Mount St. Mary's2. UNC Wilmington vs 3. ElonWINNER: NORTH CAROLINACONWAY REGIONALHost: Coastal Carolina1. Coastal Car...
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| Darren McFadden - Good Guy or Bad Guy? |
| 2008-05-26 12:13:18 |
I read an article in a recent issue of Sports Illustrated about Darren McFadden and his story leading up to the NFL Draft. McFadden, who ranks as the 2nd all time rusher in SEC history, was the subject of much debate for NFL Teams. When you read this article you will understand more about Darren McFadden and the person he is on and off the field.The most interesting topic I found in the story is how much depth NFL teams go into a player's background and what lengths they go to to get this information."While none of the team executives contacted by SI would speak on the record about the extent to which McFadden's background has been probed by interested clubs, several G.M.'s did say that, in general, the research will track a prospect as far back as middle school to determine patterns of ...
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| NCAA Baseball Projections |
| 2008-05-24 21:10:15 |
google.comfrom Rivals as of May 23.ACC showing its power with 5 teams hosting regionals and 3 national seeds. Overall, the ACC is projected with 6 teams in total Miami - host, national seed; North Carolina - host, national seed; FSU - host, national seed; Georgia Tech - host; NC State - host; and Virginia.The SEC is projected with 9 teams, including Arkansas who didn't even make the SEC Tournament (only top 8 are taken in ACC and SEC). The SEC has 2 hosts #1 seeds and a third 1 seed playing in Michigan.SE Baseball Projections...
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| Top 10 College Basketball Dunks |
| 2008-05-24 21:08:41 |
first list of the off season....this is one is the all time 10 Best dunks of college basketball. A few ACC and SEC references on here at #10, 9, 8, 4, 3, and #1 with a glimpse of his airness.Top 10 List...
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| NCAA Football 09 by EA Sports |
| 2008-05-24 15:18:25 |
Been a while since I posted, but there isn't a whole lot going on in the football or basketball world right now. Recruiting is up and going for 09 football and basketball and the NCAA baseball tournament will start up soon so look for that in the upcoming week. But for now, most of the time no news is good news in the off season. Digress here a little to the video game world and EA Sports NCAA Football 09. The team ratings are out and not a surprise to see Georgia at the top of the rankings. The SEC is represented very well as you might expect. Full rankings are below. Also EA Sports has video and screen shots of the new game to get you through the summer until the game comes out in ...
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| North Carolina Final 4 Run Over |
| 2008-04-07 10:32:48 |
Carolina">North Carolina never really had a chance in their semifinal game with Kansas. Their undoing was what everyone said was their weak spot was all year - defense. The Jayhawks came out out at a torrid pace on offense setting screen after screen on the Tar Heels for easy shots. Meanwhile, Carolina just could not get their shots to fall. The Tar Heels did make a run in the second half to get it down to 4 points, but the loose balls starting going Kansas' way and the lead was back up to up 10 before you could blink. It is weird how those things work...loose balls, shots that rim out, rebounds off fingertips. When things are going your way you get those. After the run to get back into the game, it seemed like Caro...
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| North Carolina Kansas Prediction |
| 2008-04-03 19:06:43 |
Final 4San Antonio, TX1. Carolina">North Carolina vs 1.Kansas 8:47 PM ET This match up has been in the making since the 2003 Championship Game when after losing to Syracuse,then Kansas coach Roy Williams uttered the now famous words - "I could give two s&*ts about North Carolinaright now" when asked about taking the vacant Tar Heel position. A few weeks later, Williams made the move tohis alma mater. Just in case you forgot.Here is why North Carolina will win:1. They have the best player on the floor - Tyler Hansbrough2. They have a better PG - Ty Lawson - who can break presses on his own3. They have the better coach - Roy Williams4. Kansas' play will reflect their coach Bill Se...
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| Final 4 Lines |
| 2008-04-02 19:05:47 |
google.comLines are up for the Final 4 with no real surprises. Most of the bests come within 24 hrs of the games so it will be interesting to see if the lines move significantly on game day.Current: Memphis -2.5, -140 vs UCLA +2.5, +120Open: Memphis -2, -130 vs UCLA +2, +110Money is moving towards Memphis and who can argue with how they played last weekend. If Memphis plays at that level again then they will be very tough to beat. I think some are concerned with UCLA's ability to score points against a top team.Current: North Carolina -3.5, -165 vs Kansas +3.5, +145Open: North Carolina -3, -155 vs Kansas +3, +155Money is also moving to North Carolina and I agree. Kansas did not impress me last week. I think the pressure on Bill Self works against the Jayhawks.People love favorites an...
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| North Carolina Marches On |
| 2008-03-31 20:36:03 |
Carolina">North Carolina moves on to the Final 4 in San Antonio with a 83-73 victory over Louisville on Saturday. Lets take a look at what stood out from the stat sheet and if my keys to victory were true.For North Carolina to win:They have to get Tyler Hansbrough going earlier than they did against Washington StateResult: Hansbrough had a monster game with 28 points and 13 rebounds giving steady production throughout.Need good bench production from guys like Danny GreeneResult: Greene had 11 points off the bench. Alex Stephenson had 4 points. Quentin Thomas had 2 assists. Carolina had 5 scorers in double figuresForce turnovers into transition pointsResult: The Tar Heels forced 19 Louisville turnovers.For Louisville to...
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| North Carolina-Louisville Prediction |
| 2008-03-29 13:40:25 |
si.com East Region Final Charlotte, NC 1. Carolina">North Carolina vs 3. LouisvilleMy Louisville scouting reportMy North Carolina scouting report For North Carolina to win: They have to get Tyler Hansbrough going earlier than they did against Washington StateNeed good bench production from guys like Danny Greene Force turnovers into transition pointsFor Louisville to win: Make someone else besides Hansbrough beat you Keep UNC off your boards defensively Slow it down and make the Heels play 25 seconds on defense in the half court where they can have lapses.North Carolina Louisville line:North Carolina is the favorite in this game and should be. The line opened with UNC as around a 5 point favorite, but has been moving tow...
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| Tennessee Louisville Preview and Pick |
| 2008-03-26 18:43:19 |
reuters/yahooEast RegionCharlotte, NC2. Tennessee vs 3. Louisville 9:40 PMLouisville Scouting Report:The Cardinals look very similar to Tennessee except that Louisville is maybe not quite as deep, but they have more size. Louisville has great balance between their frontcourt and backcourt. They like to shoot 3's with Edgar Sosa, Jerry Smith, and Edgar McGee. On the inside, David Padgett and Derek Caracter are potential double double guys..Tennessee Scouting Report:The Volunteers are a fly by the seat of their pants team. They are going force turnovers with their press; force turnover on out of bounds; get break out points and 3 pointers; will have defensive lapses; and struggle in the half court at times. I thought Bruce Pearl had a great quote regardin...
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| North Carolina Washington State Preview and Pick |
| 2008-03-26 17:52:13 |
ap/yahooEast Region Charlotte, NC 1. Carolina">North Carolina vs 4. Washington State 7:10 PM Washington State Scouting Report: Remember the days with no shot clock? The Cougars would love to go back to those days. Washington State is as happy as pig in s&*t just walking the ball up, setting some screens and getting a good look for Derrick Low or Kyle Weaver. This team finished 3rd in the Pac 10 and only allowed 75+ points 3 times this year. North Carolina Scouting Report: Roy Williams wants his crew to run. And when they have the game at a break neck pace he wants them to run even more. Tyler Hansbrough is the engine that makes Carolina go. Th...
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| Looking Back...Looking Ahead |
| 2008-03-24 21:40:20 |
Just some ramblings from the weekend that saw us go from 64 to 16 and leave just 1 team each from the ACC & SEC. Let me know if I am dead on or way off base with these comments.North Carolina looked really, really good against Arkansas. This team looks like it is rounding into top form at the right time. Charlotte will be just as much of a home court for the Heels as Raleigh was. Washington State will provide an interesting contrast as they want to slow the game to a crawl - Roy Williams frequently mentions the break neck pace he wants his offense to run.North Carolina postsTennessee survives the first 35 minutes with American and then has to go 40+ against Butler to survive. I like Tennessee's depth, but they have not played extremely well in their first two games. E! Channel wil...
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| NCAA Second Round Previews - Sunday |
| 2008-03-22 18:28:47 |
East RegionRaleigh, NC 5:20 PM1. North Carolina vs 9. ArkansasFirst Round ReviewMount St Mary's wanted to run with North Carolina and the Tar Heels licked their chops; UNC cruised to a 1st round win. Arkansas kept Indiana at arms length after about 10 minutes of back and forth. Swingman Sonny Weems had 31 points in dispatching the Hoosiers.For Arkansas to Win:They have to play their best game of the year. They need a shooting performance like they had against Indiana on Friday (54% FG, 47% 3PT, 79% FT). Defensively, they have to keep Hansbrough off the boards as much as possible.For North Carolina to Win:Keep doing what you do. Feed Hansbrough the ball inside. Push the ball on defensive stops. Use your superb depth.I like North Carolina in this game. It is essentially a home game f...
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| Duke West Virginia Second Round Preview |
| 2008-03-21 19:10:02 |
If Thursday was not eventful enough for you then I hope you didn't miss Friday's upsets and buzzer beaters. Two SEC teams were knocked out on Thursday while two ACC teams are hoping to join Duke and Miami in the second round tonight.West RegionWashington DC 2:10PM2. Duke vs 7. West VirginiaFirst Round ReviewThe Blue Devils needed a late bucket from Gerald Henderson to fend off the pesky Belmont Bruins 71-70 on Thursday night. Duke was down with under 30 secs to go until Henderson drove coast to coast for a layup and the lead. A half court heave by Belmont fell to the left and Duke survived (I saw a ML with Belmont at +3500). West Virginia kept Arizona at arms length all night despite Joe Alexander being held to 14 points. The Mountaineers had four s...
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| NCAA First Round Spread Analysis |
| 2008-03-20 20:26:14 |
I used the spread from USA Today to do some analysis on them to see if there is any value in particular games. I sorted by the favorite seed ascending and spread for that game descending. If you go by seeding then Davidson is the biggest gamble to win their opening round game as a 10 seed. 9 seeds Texas A&M and Kent State are also favored but historically 8-9 games have gone 50/50.The first break in seed to spread ratio is at 3/4 where 4. UConn is a bigger fav than 3. Xavier. The bettors feel that 6. Marquette is 2 points safer vs Kentucky than 5. Drake is against Western Kentucky. And finally Butler blows away other 7 seeds and would second amongst 6 seeds with their 4.5 spread over South Alabama. For my money, I like Marquette at -5.5 and Arkansas ...
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| ACC & SEC Tournament By Round |
| 2008-03-19 23:00:24 |
sportsbybrooks.comI have done the first round games for Thursday and Friday for each team in the ACC & SEC. Now I peer into the crystal ball for how each team will fare in each conference for the entire NCAA Tournament by round of elimination.First Round14. Georgia11. Kentucky8. Mississippi StateSecond Round9. Arkansas4. Vanderbilt7. MiamiSweet 162. Tennessee5. Clemson2. DukeElite 8NoneFinal 4 None (North Carolina, Kansas, UCLA, Texas)Championship GameNorth Carolina loses to UCLA 74-68 I may change my picks game by game later, but this is how I am filling out my bracket.If you are looking for a great statistical method to pick the games. Check out this Engineering Professors page from Georgia Tech. Professor Joel Sokol uses Linear Regression Markov...
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| NCAA Tournament First Round Previews Friday |
| 2008-03-19 20:44:41 |
si.comEast RegionRaleigh, NC 7:001. North Carolina (32-2) vs 16. Mt St Marys (18-14)The Mount Saint Marys Mountaineers survived the opening round game in Dayton beating Coppin State on Tuesday night. The "Mount" as it is called finished 4th in the Northeast conference and plays good defense but struggles rebounding the ball. Tyler Hansbrough should have a feast inside.Prediction: North CarolinaRaleigh, NC 9:308. Indiana (25-7) vs 9. Arkansas (22-11)The Hoosiers received a lower seed than expected at 8, but I think the committee was looking at the Indiana team now as opposed to the team with Kelvin Sampson. Since Verizon's best customer got canned, Indiana is just 3-3 with losses to Big 10 bottom feeders Penn State and Minnesota. Indiana is led by probably the 3rd best freshman in the n...
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| NCAA Tournament First Round Thursday Preview |
| 2008-03-18 20:38:27 |
ap/yahooSouth RegionAnaheim, CA 2:30 PM6. Marquette (24-9) vs 11. Kentucky (18-12)By now we know all about Kentucky and how they were revived from the dead after a terrible non-conference season and then going 12-4 in the SEC. The Wildcats will be led by a senior backcourt in Ramel Bradley and Joe Crawford. Kentucky will want to slow it down and play half court basketball and allow their guards to go one on one.Marquette finished 6th in the Big East and made it to the Big East Tournament semifinals. Marquette burst onto the national scene in 2003 with a guard named Dwayne Wade against, oddly enough, Kentucky in the Elite 8. The Golden Eagles are very similar to Kentucky in that they heavily depend on their guards for offense. Jerel McNeil averages...
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| General Bracket Observations |
| 2008-03-17 22:16:17 |
reuters/yahooSECTennessee is the 2 seed in the North Carolina's bracket who was tabbed as number one overall. This means Tennessee is considered the weakest of the 2 seeds. Kind of hard to fathom for a team with the #1 RPI rating and the highest RPI since Duke in '99.Memphis gets a #1 seed. Tennesssee gets a #2. I think the Vols beat Memphis at Memphis just a few weeks ago. So much for head to head wins. See Arizona and Arizona State (Sun Devils swept the Wildcats).Kentucky made it in. Who would have thought that after home losses to Gardner-Webb and San Diego.Georgia as a 14 has to be the lowest ever for a team from a power conference.ACCNorth Carolina is the number 1 overall seed in the tourney. The Tar Heels are a 1 seed for a record 12th time. UNC's last 3 national championships all ...
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| Georgia Arkansas Preview |
| 2008-03-15 22:27:13 |
ap/yahooW2 Arkansas vs E6 Georgia 3:30 CBSPrevious Meeting: UGA (Home) 82-69In the only meeting of the season, Georgia dominated Arkansas with Billy Humphrey's 24 points. Georgia shot 51% from the field and 46 on 6 of 13 from 3 point land. Look.. it does not really matter what teams seeds are or who is more tired, Georgia simply has enough momentum to stop global warming right now. After all this tournament has seen why wouldn't the Bulldogs win. But seriously, I think this game comes down to tempo. Arkansas likes to get up and down while Georgia would rather grind it out in the half court. The Razborbacks must get the loose balls that Georgia has been getting all tournament. I look for Sundiata Gaines to hav...
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| North Carolina Clemson Preview |
| 2008-03-15 22:11:44 |
#1 Carolina">North Carolina vs #3 Clemson 1:00 PM Raycom/ESPNPrevious Meetings: UNC (Away) 90-88 OTThe first time these two met the Tigers led nearly the entire game and thought they had it locked up with a 7 point lead and 2:30 to go, but Wayne Ellington hit a 3 as time expired to keep UNC undefeated at the time. Clemson did a very good job defending Tyler Hansbrough holding the junior to just 12 points.UNC (Home) 103-93 2OTClemson had never won in Chapel Hill and it looked like with 3 minutes to go and an 11 point lead the Tigers would end their 52 game losing streak at North Carolina. But North Carolina made a furious comeback and overcame Clemson in 2OT. Hansbrough finished the game with 39 points and 13 rebounds.No...
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| SEC Tournament Moves to Georgia Tech |
| 2008-03-15 22:09:17 |
google.comE6 Georgia vs E2 Kentucky 12:00 PMThe Georgia Kentucky game postponed last night due to weather/facility issues has been rescheduled for today at Noon. This game and the rest of the SEC Tournament will be played at Georgia Tech just up the road. As you can see from the image, Tech's coliseum does not hold nearly the amount of the Georgia Dome and per the SEC only families and working media will be allowed inside. "Catlanta" will now take to the streets! See my preview of the game here.E1 Tennessee vs W2 Arkansas 6:00 PMPrevious Meetings: Tenn (Home) 93-71Both of these teams will have a longer layoff than anticipated due to the rescheduling of games. Tennessee dominated the only meeting of the year way ba...
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| Georgia Mississippi State Preview and Prediction |
| 2008-03-15 22:07:18 |
ap/yahoo E6 Georgia vs W2 Mississippi State 8:30 (approx)Previous Meetings: Miss State (Home) 60-49The Georgia Bulldogs' improbable SEC run continues as they are now just 2 wins away from an automatic bid after dispatching Kentucky in OT. However, they are now at a clear disadvantage having already played an OT game earlier in the day while Miss State sat and watched with 24 hours of rest. In the first meeting way back in January, Miss State has 9 blocks and an 18-2 in the 2nd half to lead to victory. UGA does not have great depth usually going just 8 deep. I look for Georgia to come out strong in the first four minutes, but after that first TV timeout their legs could them. Miss...
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| Storms Postpone Georgia Kentucky |
| 2008-03-15 00:04:48 |
ap/yahooI would imagine the Georgia Kentucky game will be played first in the day with the winner playing Mississippi State later in the afternoon. Check secsports.com for the latest info....
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| ACC Tournament Saturday Previews |
| 2008-03-14 23:57:41 |
reuters/yahoo#1 North Carolina vs #4 Virginia Tech 1:30 PMPrevious Meetings: UNC (Home) 92-53So far the ACC has held form regarding the top seeds advancing to Saturday. North Carolina destroyed Virginia Tech earlier this year in Chapel Hill. It is hard to blow out a good team in a conference tournament and I expect a close game. I like North Carolina's rebounding ability in this game and that was a big reason for the Hokies win over Miami. North Carolina is challenged for 35min, but pulls away at the end.Prediction; North Carolina#2 Duke vs #3 Clemson 4:00 PMPrevious Meetings: Duke (Home) 93-80Many thought when these two teams met back in January that the Tigers would give Duke a strong run for their money, but the Blue Devils controlled most of th...
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| ACC Tournament Second Round Previews |
| 2008-03-14 07:03:42 |
#9 Florida State vs #1 North Carolina 12PMPrevious Meetings: UNC (Away) 84-73, UNC (Home) 90-77The Seminoles took control early vs Wake Forest on Thursday and never let go. They will face a well rested Tar Heel team who looks to be rounding into top form with NCAAA tourney time just around the corner. The Heels will have too much inside play from Tyler Hansbrough for FSU to overcome. North Carolina cruises to Saturday.Prediction: North Carolina#4 Virginia Tech vs #5 Miami 2:30 PMPrevious Meetings: Miami (Away) 74-71This should be the best match up of the day pitting two teams who were thought to be "football only" additions to the ACC a few years back. The Hurricanes won the only game this year in Blacksburg, but it was Virginia Tech who secured the #4 seed and the first round bye. Mi...
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| SEC Tournament Second Round Previews |
| 2008-03-14 07:01:56 |
E5 South Carolina vs E1 Tennessee 1PMPrevious Meetings: Tenn (Away) 80-56, Tenn (Home) 89-56The Volunteers invade Atlanta fresh off their SEC regular season title and will face a South Carolina club they have beaten twice most recently last Saturday by 33 points. South Carolina's Dave Odom is retiring after this season and is very likely staring at his last game. The Vols should win this one easily.Prediction: TennesseeE3 Vanderbilt vs W2 Arkansas 3:15PMPrevious Meetings: Arkansas (Home) 78-73Since losing 4 of 5 in the middle of the season, Vandy has ripped off 8 wins in their last 10. Meanwhile, Arkansas has lost 5 of their last 8 and is squarely on the NCAA bubble. The Razorbacks won the only meeting of the year in Fayetteville. I think this one could be the best game of the day and...
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| ACC Tournament First Round |
| 2008-03-13 09:11:50 |
AP/Yahoo#8 Wake Forest vs #9 Florida StatePrevious Meeting: WF (Home) 74-57, WF (Away) 78-70The Deacons come into the ACC Tournament limping to the finish after making a run at a NCAA Tournament bid earlier. Florida State got a good win over Miami last weekend and will be looking to avenge two regular season losses to the Deacs. The Seminoles have been an up and down team this year, like most years under Leonard Hamilton. I think FSU is on an upswing right now and wins. Their prize is playing North Carolina in the next round.Prediction: Florida State#5 Miami vs #12 NC StatePrevious Meeting: NC State (Home) 79-77NC State has lost 8 in a row to finish last in the conference. Much of the blame has gone to bad PG play and bad chemistry on offense with play...
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