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Holiday Hoops Light Up College Campuses

SayCampusLife | December 22nd 2009 by Matt Keegan

The men’s college basketball season is in transition right now as teams finish up their non-conference activity before starting their nine week push to the post season. No games will be played on Thursday and Friday for Christmas, but come Satu read more

nathanmiller

The Greatest Candy Bar of All Time

L'histoire de sa vie | December 10th 2009 by Nathan Miller

So in the past couple weeks, I have been embroiled in numerous conversations regarding which candy is the best. I have my own opinion, which I will reveal in the future, but in the meantime, I have begun a March Madness-style bracket to determine, o read more

bljohnso

Va Tech, Terps Basketball Will Struggle

Food for Thought | December 2nd 2009 by Blake The Megalomaniac

SeigleSeigle's season preview said beware the Terps and shield your eyes from the Hokies. After a month, it looks like the Terps are going to struggle to find ways to get the ball out of Vasquez's hands and the Hokies are in for a rough one this yea read more

BracketBusters

Forgive the Early Season Losses

TheBracketBusters | November 25th 2009 by Justin

November is easily the most unpredictable month of college hoops and the most frustrating to watch. Teams that are clearly more talented than their opponents find ways to get blown out or make critical errors over the course of the game that lead to read more

MattK

College Basketball? Too Early For That!

SayCampusLife | November 15th 2009 by Matt Keegan

Does anyone else believe that the college basketball season is starting much too early? To my surprise, the first games got underway a week ago – November 9th to be exact. Days earlier, I knew that several colleges had already played exhibition gam read more

bljohnso

Maryland, Georgetown, UVA, VT Basketball Preview

Food for Thought | November 14th 2009 by Blake The Megalomaniac

I'm in Dallas recruiting in April of 2008 and I bump into Seth Greenberg at lunch. I proceed to kiss his butt for a bit and then say "Bob Ritchie was my teammate at Braddock long ago." SG: "Oh, Bob is one of my favorite all-time walk-ons I've ever read more

BetVegaSports

College Basketball Odds to Win 2010 Final 4

BetVega.com Sports Betting News | November 13th 2009

With the 2009-10 college basketball season now underway, it’s time to take an early look at some teams that could reach the Final Four at Indianapolis in April. Here are three favorites, as well as two sleepers, to keep an eye on this season: read more

Fathead

No Title

Fathead Wall Graphics | November 12th 2009 by Sonya

What NCAA football conference is the best in all the country?  The SEC?  The Big Ten?  The Big 12, Pac-10, or Big East?   There has always been a debate among college football fans about which conference has the best teams, best fans, best stud read more

The 1959 World Series — a postcript

AreYouLiberal.Com | November 8th 2009

While I was fact-checking one of my posts about the 1959 World Series, I found this brief, contemporaneous appreciation of the event by Roy Terrell that appeared in Sports Illustrated, probably with lots of great photos. Terrell’s piece conve read more

eselvig

Pearl Izumi syncroFloat III

One Runner's Brain | October 26th 2009 by Eric Selvig

I have finally found my shoe. Last March I held my own version of March Madness in finding my next running shoe. Ever since I started running, I’ve run in a different shoe each time. After 400 miles, I’d come to find things that I didn read more

goldringsabo

Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness

Free Market Mojo | October 25th 2009 by Ariel Goldring

Robert Baumann, Victor A. Matheson, and Cara Howe have new paper titled ‘Anomalies in Tournament Design: The Madness of March Madness.’ Tournament design is of crucial importance in competitive sports. The primary goal of effective tourn read more

bljohnso

College Basketball: The beginning of something special

Food for Thought | October 24th 2009 by Blake The Megalomaniac

The second week of October is a big week for college basketball teams.  It is the time they “begin” practicing for the upcoming season.  As a new contributor to FFT, I am beginning my practice as a college basketball blogger, something read more

carlosepp

Nature’s Cold Weather Warriors: 14 Adaptive Animals

Life Within Me | October 16th 2009 by Carlos Perez

(Images via: Twighlight Earth, EC Morgan, Fotopedia, Viral Nerd) As the days shorten and the weather gets colder, it’s easy for most of us humans to adapt. Simply break out the long underwear, dust off the winter coat and we’re pretty muc read more

pattiedmon

Local (Businesses) First

Altered Attic | September 19th 2009 by Patti Edmon

My son, Dylan is a whiz on the snare and I was so proud of him for marching in the Roots & Heritage Festival parade, a celebration of our African American cultural history. He plays with March Madness, a band formed to promote Local First, a grou read more

unpinkhats

Michael Beasley, or Why the NBA Needs New Draft Rules

UnPink Hats | August 25th 2009 by The SportsChick

Michael Beasley played one season at Kansas State, and then entered the NBA draft.  Drafted by the Miami Heat, he ran into problems right away. Not basketball problems, since his talent is undeniable.  First, he got kicked out of the rookie orienta read more

TheMadHat

Odds-On Favorites (College Basketball)

Intentional Foul - Come Strong | July 28th 2009 by Aaron Chronister

Are we heading for a Bill Self/John Calipari National Championship rematch next March? If you are going by the newly-released betting odds for the upcoming college basketball season, then yes, Kansas and Kentucky will be favorites when the season be read more

tlakin

Expand the March Madness Field of 64? The Onion Says Yes!

CNB Sports | July 8th 2009 by Tyler Lakin

I know it’s not college basketball season, but The Onion makes a strong case to extend the college basketball year. Rather than having a field of 64 (or 65 with the play-in game), The Onion is calling for the tournament to now include 4,096 tea read more

jasers

College sports is slave labor

jasers | July 6th 2009

Every year, you hear the same story over and over again. Some NCAA school is being investigated for breaking one of the many insane and stupid rules that have been created.  The NCAA is the biggest joke, and somehow it is legal for them to exploit t read more

awcwire

March Madness Winners!

Allied Wire and Cable Blog | April 7th 2009 by Susan

The teams were whittled down from 64 hopefuls to the final showdown.  Michigan and UNC battled it out, and it was North Carolina that came out on top!  The celebrations have begun all over the country, but get ready for more because...dun d read more