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Belmont falls to Duke in one dandy of a game
SCOTT JACOBS
In a tournament chalk full of nothing so far, Belmont finally gave us a show. The 15 seed from Tennessee hung neck and neck with Duke all the way to the end, even leading by a point with under 20 seconds to go. […]

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Here it is in it’s entirety my picks for the 2008 NCAA Tournament
SCOTT JACOBS
This has been a fun week for sports. As always the build up to the NCAA Tournament has been overkill (and glorious!) and we’ve learned which “sleepers” (aka: which team from a big conference that just wasn’t that good […]

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Bloggers are going crazy over Mark Cuban banning a blogger from his locker room. Newsflash: None of you complaining about him would have ever been allowed in his locker room in the first place.
MITCHELL BLATT
New media entrepreneur extradanaire and the best owner in the NBA, Mark Cuban, has drawn the fire of the sports […]

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MITCHELL BLATT
Yesterday I wrote about the tragic appearance of Coppin State in March Madness with a 16-20 record (Post here.) Today, we have Coppin State to bemoan no more. They lost their play-in game 69-60 to Mount St. Mary’s last night.
It was a heartwrenching loss, as Coppin State went into the half with […]

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Trivia fun for the whole family
SCOTT JACOBS
For the next three weeks starting on Thursday prepare to be enveloped in college hoops hysteria. With 48 games in the next four days it’s that magical time of year where America gets introduced to the mid major. Again. Every year the “other” teams not from […]

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A short introduction to a team you probably won’t see in March Madness again for 10 more years…
MITCHELL BLATT
20 is the benchmark for college basketball in terms of making March Madness. Get it, and you will probably make the tournament. Coppin State got to 20. 20 losses.
At 16-20, Coppin State is the […]

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NCAA Tournament should be a lot of fun as always (maybe even so much fun it should be illegal… bubbilicious)
SCOTT JACOBS
The brackets are out, and here are the initial observations that I made immediately…
1. A prime time, diaper dandy matchup– and we get it in the first round!
Why: (11) Kansas State versus (6) […]

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COLIN LINNEWEBER
• I thank you all for taking the time to provide me with some of your time. I hope I am able to entertain with my rapid take on the past week in the world of sports.
• Since the 2004 season, the Boston Red Sox have had the rare decided edge in their rivalry with the […]

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