Shaq Trade To Cleveland Cavaliers


The sports world is abuzz with the news of Shaq traded to Cavs.  Yes that's right, sports fans, Shaquille O'Neal has been traded to the Cleveland Cavaliers, and the news of Shaq traded to Cavs is of special significance because that means that the basketball sensation of the least decade will be playing alongside LeBron James.  He was traded from the Phoenix Suns, after spending time with the Miami Heat, and a previous stint famously playing alongside Kobe Bryant on the Los Angeles Lakers under Phil Jackson.  The trade included a draft pick, and also Shaq traded to Cavs for some fast cash, and its likely Shaq will never need personal loans as long as he lives.

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What do you think of David Revsine?


Hey Big Ten fans (or any of you Big Ten haters, for that matter!:) - I'd love to hear what you think of David Revsine? He has a weekly blog with some interesting behind-the-scenes stuff. I think sometimes he likes to push a few buttons, but it's a good read:

http://win.comcast.net/#numbersBlog

He went to the NCAA tourney selection in February and asked: "What's more important come NCAA tournament selection - quality wins or bad losses?"

The age-old question!

He also came away impressed: "I truly believe the Committee's assertion that it doesn't count teams from particular conferences. Never onoce during the process did anyone say 'we can't have another team from that league," or "They deserve to be in because they play for this conference. Obviously the conference you're in impacts the way you're judged because you play the teams in that conference, but conference affiliation is simply not the reason a team does or doesn't get in."

I know when I watch, I have to admit I'm always a little bit skeptical as to why certain teams are in or are matched the way they are. How much of it is coasting on a rep, and how much is them trying to make sure all the conferences or TV markets or whatever are covered. So I have to admit I was somewhat glad to read Revsine's thoughts on this.

Hah, well it just told me that's not 300 words! Who the heck came up with that rule? Just kidding.

Ok, check out the rest of it the site:

http://win.comcast.net/#contestGate

There's a great trivia contest:

Grand Prize - $10,000 AND a 50″ Flat Panel Plasma HDTV, an iPod touch 16GB and an Xbox 360â (with College Hoops 2K8).

First Prize: A trip for two to Chicago for three days/two nights, a Behind the Scenes Tour of the Big Ten Network Studios and $500 cash.

Daily instant prizes include HDTVs and iPods.

Cheers,

Jim

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Monster March Madness, Basketball Bracket Heaven


I wanted to tell everybody about the College Fanz March Madness contest.  There are 10 brackets (NCAA Div. I, II, III and NAIA Div. I, II in both men's and women's basketball) with a chance to win $25 million as well as cars, trips to the Maui Invitational and flat screen TVs!!!

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UNE v. USM Home Opener!!! 11/18/2008 - Raffle, Prizes


In a highly anticipated home opener, the USM Huskies will be playing their local rivals from UNE in Gorham. The men's teams play at 7:30 after the women at 5:30. Chance to win prizes like an iPod and Portland Pirate Tickets!!!

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mid-major mania


Davidson's run to the Sweet 16 (like any small schools success) is one of the greatest things for college basketball.  It not only shows high school players/stars that you don't have to go to a big schools to win games, but that you can also go to college for an EDUCATION and still play competitive basketball.  I would argue that without mid-major conference success college basketball would be less about COLLEGE and more about getting to the NBA.

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Eric Gordan and the Illini Fans


The Illini fans had gotten out of control over the Eric Gordan recruitment.  I think coach Weber, and I use coach loosly, should have used some common sense and told the crowd that this behavior should and would not be tolerated in this arena.  Doesn't anybody agree?

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Reserving Tickets??


Just found an article about a service where you can reserve tickets now at face value for the final four tournament. Has anyone heard of this type of service?

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Patriot League Games Available On Line


Patriot League All-access allows fans to see almost every men and women's Patriot league basketball game this season

The upcoming season looks to be as competitive as ever, as it is possible that seven of the eight teams are at .500 or above entering the League campaign. Every team turned in some outstanding performances in the non-conference portion of the season (AU over Maryland,

In addition, the freshman class looks outstanding with the play of Boon, Beinert, Venezia, Borden, O'Brien, Visockas and Keefer. Plus some role players have stepped up like Litchicum, Woodside and Richards.

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Dunkadelic Terminology 'Real-Word' or 'Slang'


The Dunkadelic terminology is celebrating it's 10th Year Anniversary. Is the basketball and hip-hop inspired term a real-word or slang.

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Cool Bracket Mind Map at www.mindjet.com


There's a very cool downloadable March Madness map at www.mindjet.com under what's new section. The link there will take you to the blogs where the map is.

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Well, we almost had an upset there.


I thought The Musketeers had a chance, behind the Gus Johnson-described "silky smooth" Drew Lavender. But...

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Which No. 1 falls first?


Aside from two 11 vs. 6 games, this hasn't been an upset-strong NCAA Tournament ... as of yet. Still, no Final Four has ever featured all four No. 1 seeds, so at least one of the top dogs will collapse, logically. The question is: Whom? And when?

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Thoughts After Early Action...


...I bet Stanford's performance made Syracuse, FSU, Drexel and West Virginia feel a lot better.

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(Potential List Of) Top 5 First Round Buzzer Beaters of All-Time


A look at first-round buzzer beaters:

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