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One Shining Moment -- Would You Like Fries With That?
This Final Four is the 25th anniversary of the CBS/NCAA Tournament tradition of a video highlight package at the end of the championship game, and CBS has announced that they are going back to the late Luther Vandross as the voice of "One Shining Moment". Four versions of the have been used over...
Duke-Butler Delivers for CBS
If indeed this was the last March Madness Tournament to be shown exclusively on over-the-air TV, Duke's last-second win over Butler gave CBS a nice parting gift -- the most watched championship game this decade. Over 48 million fans tuned in to at least some of Duke's 61-59 win over Butler, the...
The Butler Almost Did It.
Then David put his hand in his bag and took out a stone; and he slung it and struck the Philistine in his forehead, so that the stone sank into his forehead, and he fell on his face to the earth.... Then Goliath got up, dusted himself off, and hit David with a metal folding chair. Or maybe I'm...
Your Final 4 Open Thread
Vegas currently has: Butler - 1.5 over Michigan St Duke -2.5 over WVU
The Man from Iron Mountain
Six Final Fours in 12 years. One National Championship. Six Big 10 titles. Four national Coach of the Year awards. "Dickie V! It’s Tom Izzo’s world – you’re just living in it, baby!!!" I guess we all are. Think about it: How would you feel if your team reached the Final...
Beat the Barkers NCAA Tourney Bracket
The winner gets a weekend with sizzlechest, all medical bills paid, in secluded Nova Scotia where screams go unanswered for miles. Runner-up gets the free BC tote bag that has yet to be claimed from last year's tourney. Third place gets to learn what it's like to wake up as HenryJames every...
Catching up with DJ Augustin
Texassports.com has an excellent extended interview with DJ, covering why he came to Texas, his relationship with the coaches, getting drafted by the Bobcats, his superiority to every Kansas Jayhawk from Wilt Chamberlain and Danny Manning to Kirk Hinrich and Sherron Collins, as well as some...
Texas Hoops Schedule 2009-10
The schedule was released last week but Trips has been on a transcontinental bender from Hawaii to Winconsin since ipowers rolled into town. Can you blame him? So I'll share a little known fact with you that even Trips doesn't know. A few years ago, Deloss started outsourcing the basketball...
Interview with Jordan Hamilton
h/t to BON (via mgrads). Jordan Hamilton with some candid thoughts on missing a year of eligibility, Paul Pierce, Michael Jackson, the decision to skip the NBA draft in favor of college (we'll let that one slide) and his all around mad skills. You could not draw up a more dangerous duo of incoming...
My Way Too Early Final Four
I played this little game last year when it was called "Who's the best team in country" and I would have been perfect from the final four down to the eventual winner had Chalmers not hit the game tying 3 vs. Memphis as time expired. But my final four was dead on with UCLA, Memphis, Kansas, and...
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