The March Madness experience through the eyes of Ohio U’s Adetunji Adedipe
Adetunji Adedipe is a member of the Ohio Bobcats team that won the MAC tournament and upset Georgetown in round one of March Madness.
He has an interesting story, because he didn’t start playing basketball until middle school when his gym teacher forced him to play, and he has been a walk on at Ohio in [...]
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96-team NCAA tournament: This is why the BCS system works well.
Mediocrity doesn’t have to be rewarded.
MITCH BLATT
Sports by Brooks is reporting that the NCAA will expand March Madness to 96 teams.
This (pointless) expansion illustrates a system that is the exact opposite of the BCS system, and, while it is entertaining for what it is, it kind of deligitimizes the regular season.
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96 teams? Why not make it 4,000 teams?
The Onion did a report last year that the NCAA was expanding March Madness to 4,096 teams. How prescient. As previously noted on JSB, the NCAA is now expanding the madness to 96 teams.
Yes, this is madness.
NCAA Expands March Madness To Include 4,096 Teams @ Yahoo! Video
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Past 20 NCAA Champions: Where Are They Now?
With the NCAA finals coming up, the boys at The Realests are working on a new project called Lost Lettermen that keeps a record of all past college athletes. For finals week, they have compiled the rosters of the past 20 NCAA champions and have tracked down where those players are now.
View it here.
For [...]
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Mid-Majors Don’t Deserve to Play in March Madness
MITCHELL BLATT
Mid-majors recently complained about not having many mid-majors make the tournament, and Michael Wilbon went insane like a politician, arguing that the NCAA should be investigated by politicians for not having enough mid-majors make the tournament. Well, I’ll tell you why not very mid-majors made the tournament: They aren’t as good at basketball [...]
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March Madness Contests (Meet Heather Vandeven), and More!
MITCHELL BLATT
How would you like to meet 2007 Penthouse Pet of the Year Heather Vandeven? You can with the BracketologyXD Challenge. Dave sent me that info, and I just had to give some link love…
The other prizes that you will be disappointed to win are an iMac laptop, and iPhone, and an iPod. [...]
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