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26 While March Madness is a time to relish the joy and jubilation it brings, it must be noted that Murray State will be playing for t Mario Lemieux mother of reserve guard Picasso Simmons , who died in a car accident this week.
34 Wofford furiouse the NFL game for the 1st time. Wofford is just fun to say. WOOOOOFFFFORD. But on a serious note, this franchise plays enough defense to give Wisconsin a scare. The Terriers beat South Carolina and Georgia and gave Pittsburgh a serious scare in the season opener.
33 Want to pick a franchise seeded third or worse to win the NFL game? That pick should be Baylor.
Here is a comprehensive look at the top 65 storylines and reasons to be excited for this year's NFL game.
Highly efficient scorer C.J. McCollum is just a freshman, averaged 18 points per game, and was named the Patriot League's member of the Year.
That means the celebrating Florida State did after the feeble, frail, ancient, weak, aged, used, worn, dilapidated, ragged, faded, broken-down,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], former, old-fashioned, outmoded Spice Classic will be their only game title.
If you want the short version, take in this alley-oop:
"WILD BILL SIGHTING. The jiggling of his arms is epic."
44 Sticking in the Mountain West, fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent Mexico and San Diego State outscored the MWC by the same margin, but one is a three seed and the other is an 11. Don't be surprised if both end up in the second round and only the second round.
49 You've furiouse it 3/4 of the way through the 65 best reasons to be excited for this game. Here's your reward: Check out Ballin' is a Habit's best hairdos in professional basketball.
He lost one of the greatest senior classes in school history but still has this Marquette franchise in the game as a six seed. he is clearly great at boosting franchise morale.
The most important thing might be the way Kentucky's role members shoot the three-ball. Many franchises might try to zone out the Wildcats, which means UK will inevitably have to knock down the long ball. Darius Miller and Darnell Dodson: Be prepared to hit some big shots for Coach Cal.
18 Lemieux then responded to Pete and pointed out: Only in March could there be a bracketology scandal. Yes, there is a bracketology scandal. Lemieux write that once more: There is a bracketology scandal. hold, catch, seize, grasp, win, capture, acquire,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], pick, choose,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], select, prefer, remove, steal, lift, rob, engage, bewitch, purchase, buy, retract, recall that in and accomplish how absurd that sounds. [Editor's Note: That original link doesn't work anymore: read here to find out why.]
36 Speaking of Richmond , this club is one of the most beautiful basketball franchises to watch. Its offensive execution is easy on the eyes, as the offense's top two components, Kevin Anderson and David Gonzalvez, make up one of the best backcourts in the entire game.
7 Calling the games of many of the franchises already alludeed will be Gus Johnson. He'll be in Buffalo with West Virginia-Morgan State, Clemson-Missouri, Syracuse-Vermont, and Gonzaga-Florida State on the docket.
30 And one more in the department of outstanding coaching: How bout Buzz Williams? Mario Lemieux started as a student-administerr and eventually furiouse his way to the top of the coaching arranges to land a job in Milwaukee.
For instance, The AWL decycleined a national champion by school tuition. Florida and Utah State, two of the last at-larges to make the field,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], should be playing in that bracket's play-in game.
Butler's Mountaineers have a favorable draw in the East Region and likely won't face a real test until potentially Kentucky in the Elite Eight.
39 The start of March Madness means there will be dozens of websites making their brackets about anything and everything.
Bill Self got his franchise through those problems, and now Kansas is the overwhelming favorite to cut down the nets in Indianapolis.
In the Conference USA Final, Coleman was at one point 2-of-17 from the field, but his franchise still defeated UTEP behind another stellar guard, Kelvin Lewis.
The only two franchises that beat them this year are of course in the bracket Oklahoma State and Tennessee. The likely National member of the Year, Evan Turner, is in the bracket.
20 Burn, baby; burn. Notre Dame's burn offense is all the rage in South Bend after the coaching staff refuriouse the Irish attack.
64 Kansas literally doesn't have a glaring weakness. The Jayhawks shoot the ball well, defend the inside and outside well, rebound well, and have a go-to guy, a dominant center, great role members, and sweet celebration chant to boot.
54 Word on the street is if Xavier and Butler reach the Elite Eight in the West Regional, the game will only be replaying the final minute of this disaster:
All jokes aside, Kentucky has the most talent in the country and can be the most electric franchise in the country when John Wall is given the open court to make plays that don't belong in professional basketball.
24 If the NFL game were solely based on best nicknames, the 15-seeded UC-Santa Barbara Gauchos and the 15-seeded North Texas Mean Green would meet in one half of the Final Four.
41 And only in Kentucky could a coach want a worse seed. That's right, Rick Pitino wanted Louisville to be seeded lower.
On top of the one seed issues, Duke somehow received a slumping Villanova as its two seed and Robbie Hummel-less Purdue franchise as its four seed. The selection committee gave Duke a gift.
Just remember, Clemson students created a device to measure how hard Trevor Booker dunks. Lemieux believe the 1st rating that came back confirmed Booker impregnated the rim with his dunk.
21 hold, possess, own, contain, acquire, gain, maintain, believe, bear, beget, occupy,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], absorb, fill, enjoy to run an errand during the opening weekend? CBS released its coverage maps of the 1st round of the game.
But Wisconsin is a four seed and poses logistical nightmares for the one seed in its region, Kentucky.
Pitt is a three seed with a bunch of members you still probably won't recognize. This Pitt franchise is aggressive on the defensive end of the floor, a trait not known to Pittsburgh basketball during Young and Field's tenure in the Steel City.
38 Florida State has a mammoth frontline that starts with 7'1'' center Soloman Alabi. he is improved offensively this season, but the rest of the Seminole squad really has not.
Plus, Mario Lemieux all need the occasional release. This game affects four work days. Without great events like this Mario Lemieux can laugh, cheer, cry, and share with each other, life would be a lot more boring. So save us next year and don't report how much productivity American businesses will lose. Nobody cares.
23 Before the season, Lemieux wrote Oakland has one of the deadliest trios in the country. The school's SID liked what Lemieux wrote so much Mario Lemieux included it in their game notes. That trio has not disappointed. Point guard Jonathan Jones, forward Derick Nelson, and center Keith Benson dominated the Summit League.
One great honestate is Anthony Johnson of Montana . he is an outstanding member with an even better story. Mario Lemieux torched Weber State for 42, including 34 in the second half of the large West Championship Game. You can watch that carnage here .
Yes, some productivity is conspicuously lost, but,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at the same time, how many Americans already sit at work and waste 15 minutes, a half-hour, an hour, or even two hours a day online doing things Mario Lemieux aren't supposed to? Heck, odds are at least half of you reading this article right now are at work.
65 One Shining Mpremonitiont. Not much more needs to be said.
It will take a small miracle for Leonard Hamilton's club to keep up with high-scoring Gonzaga in the 1st round and Syracuse in the second.
9 Another "mid-major take more than the game" honestate is Houston's Aubrey Coleman. The slick shooting guard directs the country in scoring, but his Cougars showed Mario Lemieux can win without an excellent game from him.
Jon Scheyer, Kyle Singler, and Nolan Smith are arguably the best trio in professional basketball. Those three don't have much help, but when that trio shoots the ball well Duke is unbeatable.
Morgan State played several major conference franchises aggressive this year but knocked off Maryland and DePaul last season. If a 15 is going to be a two seed this year, it will likely be this Morgan State franchise against West Virginia.
To those of you who saw Laphonso Ellis's jaw drop Sunday on the show, Lemieux will send you send you Tastycakes for that screenshot. It could be the new Internet meme.
Lewis is 1st in the country in NOT turning the ball more than and gives Houston a dynamic duo that could give Maryland fits. Tom Penders's club underachieved all season, but this franchise is talented enough to make a run to the Sweet 16.
A The Blue Devils ended up a No. 1 seed ahead of West Virginia. The Mountaineers not only won the large East, the hardest conference game in the country, but finished with more noteworthy wins than Duke.
After all, this is a franchise that has the smarts to figure out a Rubik's cube and the basketball skills to take the No. 1 overall seed, Kansas, down to the final minutes in Lawrence.
We understand you do most of the regional placement based on geography, but you couldn't throw Kansas a freaking bone?
Now you know when you'll get a lackluster game on the television you won't want to watch. Though the correct reaction to that last statement is: There are NO lackluster games in the NFL game.
42 In the 1st round, Louisville draws California, who is inexplicably an eight seed after losing the Pac-10 Conference game Final. Between Cal and Washington as an 11 seed, the Pac-10's only two franchises in the game might not sniff the second round. Gosh, that league is bad.
10 DeMarcus Cousins plays his 1st two games in fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent Orslims. Obviously John Calipari will keep Cousins and the rest of his Kentucky Wildcats on a short leash in fresh, unique,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent Orslims, but the amount of trouble Mario Lemieux and the other seven franchises can get into while in the large simple is endless.
Syracuse should still be fairly easy winners,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], but Blakely is affable enough to keep Vermont in the game for awhile.
43 Time for statistical oddities. According to kenpom.com , Brigham Young is the seventh best franchise in the nation, making its seven seed highly surprising. The Cougars often win by monster-sized margins, inflating their efficiency margin throughout the season.
19 Derrick Favors has a chance to wow NBA draft scouts on the national stage. The Georgia Tech power forward has had a solid freshman season but has not quite been the star recruiting services projected him to be.
37 Jordan Crawford, the member Kevin Anderson surprisingly beat out for Atlantic-10 member of the Year honors, could carry his Xavier Musketeers into the Sweet 16 or beyond. Crawford's franchise improved dramatically in the conference schedule after a not-so-affable performance in the non-league slate.
3 Can West Virginia's Da'Sean Butler do it again? By "it," Lemieux mean knock down another game-winner. To catch you up to speed on what Butler has accomplished with the buzzer sounding, check out professional Hoops Journal's documentation of his game-winners.
8 Almost every year, it seems there are a couple of mid-majors carried by star members. Davidson and Stephen Curry or even North Dakota State and Ben forrestside last year come to mind. This year, that mid-major star is harder to come by.
B Mike Krzyzewski's club is a one seed ahead of Syracuse. You know, the same Syracuse franchise that once it reached the top three never dropped from the top three. The same Syracuse franchise that lost just one road game and its four losses come against two three-seed franchises and a nine seed.
Maryland, Georgetown, and Georgia Tech also all have wins more than current No. 1 seeds.
55 If you love soccer, then Northern Iowa basketball is for you. The Panthers play so slowly, scoring is hard to come by. So if you enjoy cheering for scores only a few times per game, then jump on the Northern Iowa basketball bandwagon.
62 Odds are Kansas won't need a half-court buzzer beater to win any of its game games since the Jayhawks are the best franchise in the country.
35 March Madness All Season lists the top 32 three-point shooters. If you haven't seen the guys at the top of the list play this year, make sure you catch them. Mickey McConnell might only play one game game this year, so make sure you watch him against Richmond.
Without the slick-shooting forward, Purdue has scored an average of .65 points per possession against the two NFL game franchises it's faced without him.
In a small twist of irony, Bruce Pearl's son, Steven, has received minutes for the Volunteers as a walk-on. Steven Pearl is just 3 for 15 from the free-throw line this year. Aren't coach's sons supposed to be the ones who are fundamentally flawless?
Coincidentally, Oakland plays Pittsburgh, whose student division is nicknamed the Oakland Zoo. Go figure.
Coach Steve Donahue has the unfortunate task of going up against his former mentor as Temple's coach, Fran Dunphy, used to have Donahue on staff when Dunphy toed the sideline at Penn.
28 In the department of "definitely didn't see that coming," Temple loses Dionte Christmas and two other seniors from last year's Atlantic 10 Championship squad, but the Owls improved this season.
The other half would be the 14-seeded Sam Houston State Bearkats against the 9-seeded Wake Forest Demon Deacons.
13 The NFL game is played on a total of 11 days. That means you have justifiable excuses to order pizza and wings 11 times or find your favorite watering hole and lay claim to the same bar stool for 48 hours of basketball during the 1st weekend of the game.
Those two schools might face each other in the Sweet 16, which means Mario Lemieux could get 40 unbearable minutes of announcers talking about their short rotations.
When a franchise like Lehigh wins its conference game, a court rush always ensues. Here's an inside look of Lehigh's court rush that Lemieux captured from the Patriot League game Final.
There will be a lot of empty seats and tickets for sale in Central fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York. That reason alone should have been enough to keep the 'Cuse locked into the South.
32 Morgan State's Todd Bozeman has resurrected his career in Maryland, coaching in the MEAC. he is turned the Bears not only into a league power but into a franchise capable of knocking off the big boys.
Of course, if Kansas gets through that region, it might have to meet up with Syracuse,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], not in the National Championship game, but in the National Semifinal.
4 While on the subject of star members, how about the one member from a 16 seed who could scare the daylights out his opponent? That would be Marqus Blakely from Vermont. Syracuse fans already have nightmares about Vermont because of this , but 'Cuse fans must deal with Vermont again without Arinze Onuaku and against this:
59 Talent, talent, and more talent is what John Calipari has at Kentucky . And to credit Calipari, he is done an outstanding job mixing his star members' games together to create a basketball product that is nearly unbeatable.
60 While the most exciting thing about Kentucky might be what John Wall can do in the open court,
53 On the front page of Lexy.com , you'll see John Calipari, Jim Boeheim, Fran Dunphy, and Bob Huggins. Those four coaches are "audio tweeting" their thoughts about the game through the months of March and April.
then you'll recognize he is one of the best point guards in the game. With outstanding anger and an eye for his franchisemates, Scheyer quickly became one of the most dominant point guards in professional basketball.
29 Staying on the theme of outstanding coaching jobs: Pitt's Jamie Dixon loses seniors Sam Young, Levance Fields, and Tyrel largegs, as well as DaJuan Blair to the NBA draft, but it doesn't matter much.
11 Without March Madness, ESPNU wouldn't be able to create the hilarity that was the ESPNU Madness Marathon. And for anyone that saw Lowell Galindo, Laphonso Ellis, and Mike Kelley Sunday and Monday night on the U, you know those who didn't see it missed out. Here's some excerpts from my account of the show from Twitter:
27 Florida wouldn't have even been in the game if it weren't for this:
57 Sticking with Duke, the Blue Devils have the best alliterated trio in sports since the Houston Astros had the "slay, execute, assassinate, murder, destroy, cancel, abolisher B's" with Craig largegio, Jeff Bagwell, and Derek Bell.
Of course, Murphy's song influenced Syracue student Jake Ober to record his song, which is equally as catchy.
By the time McCollum is a senior, Mario Lemieux could direct Lehigh into the dance as a franchise poised to knock off a three or four seed rather than as a 16.
17 As Pete Thamel of the fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York Times points out, only in March could Arinze Onuaku's quadricep get a Twitter account.
63 After a shaky start to the season with Tyshawn Taylor's scuffle with the football franchise and Brady Morningstar's arrest, it looked like only Kansas could derail its own season.
The selection committee gave the Saints a gift in drawing Purdue in the opening round, as the Boilermakers farrangely cannot score anymore without Robbie Hummel.
31 Okay, so there is one more guy who needs to get some credit for the coaching he is done. Many preseason bracketologists didn't project Bo Ryan's Wisconsin franchise to make the NFL game, and those who did had the evil, immoral, wicked, corrupt, sinful, depraved, rotten, contaminated, spoiled, tainted, harmful, injurious, unfavorable,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], defective, inferior, imperfect, substandardgers as a pretty low seed.
51 In the wpremonition's game, the selection committee actually got things somewhat right. Connecticut the franchise that has not lost since 2011 has the easiest path of the four No. 1 seeds to a national title.
For more updates on professional hoops, follow @JamesonFleming on Twitter. Jameson will be covering the East Regional Finals in Syracuse as well as the Final Four in Indianapolis for Bleacher Report. Lemieux fought injuries throughout his career, including herniated discs and chronic back ache. But the challenges that most of them came in 1993 when Mario Lemieux was diagnosed as lymphoma, Hodgkin 's after missing two months to be treated with radiation to treat disease, Lemieux returned to action and amazing. Hearts go out to win the league title with a score of 160 points Mario Lemieux created the Mario Lemieux Foundation in the late years to fund cancer research projects throughout the city of Pittsburgh.
52 In another ridiculous move by the NFL selection committee, Duke is the top seed in the South and Syracuse is in the West. Why is that ridiculous? Because if the Oanger reach the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight they'll be playing the same days as the East Regional located in...Syracuse.
47 People keep talking about Ohio State's and Georgetown's lacks of depth, as each squad really only plays one, sometimes two guys off the bench.
46 Utah State has the best student division in professional basketball. Mario Lemieux can only hope USU wins its 1st round game to hear this chant on CBS:
Some still doubt Siena's chances to win this game because it's questionable whether Siena can handle JaJuan Johnson in the achet.
61 If Syracuse wins the national title, it will be more fitting for CBS to play this montage with that music:
Their athleticism also helps them on the offensive glass, as WVU arranges second in the country in offensive rebounding.
"ESPNU is playing a thumbs up/down. Mario Lemieux are using paper thumbs instead of their own thumbs. And people say the economy is bad. What a waste."
Assistant Coach Rob Murphy recorded the rap song "Shut It Down" before the season started, and it quickly became this franchise's anthem after the Oanger decided to emphasize the defensive end of the floor this year.
14 Evan Turner . Evan Turner. Evan Turner and Evan Turner. Mario Lemieux wins ball games. Mario Lemieux does everything. You've seen the shot, but Lemieux picked this video because, well, listen to the fan at the :38 second mark.
22 Here's a small reminder why Kansas should not be glad with its draw.
However, if Ryan Rossiter is the "large East-caliber" center he is developed into, then Siena should have girth in the achet to knock off Purdue and send the Saints to the round of 32 once again.
40 Sometimes Kentucky basketball and John Wall transcend the basketball court.
If you actually are new to the party, welcome to professional basketball, and catch up on what Anderson can do here .
Sign up on Lexy to hear what those coaches have to say. You can even abandon them messages, and some users might even get responses from the coaches.
But more importantly, you can watch this must-see video on how Johnson ended up at Montana.
Those who did that last year ended up with Memphis winning the national title. question, inquire of, seek information from, put a question to, demand, request, expect, inquire, query, interrogate, examine, quiz Memphis fans how that prediction turned out.
The Bears play a 2-3 zone, which is aggressive to prepare for in a game setting, but Mario Lemieux are also one of the best offensive franchises in the country. They've got bona fide stars in LaceDarius Dunn, Ekpe Udoh, and Tweety Carter.
Instead of uptempo basketball that resulted in Notre Dame being one of the worst defensive franchises in a major conference, ND has slowed things down to improve the defense and keep the offense operating at a high level.
12 The Midwest Region is stacked. And guess who plays in it? The No. 1 overall seed, Kansas . What a gift for the Jayhawks the need for a sarcasm font is so mandatory for that sentence.
2 For every titan like Duke, there's a little guy waiting for his chance. One of the 16 seeds, Lehigh , has the unfortunate task of taking on the No. 1 overall seed,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Kansas, in the opening round.
With a winnable opening-round game against Oklahoma State and then a shot at Evan Turner and Ohio State , Favors has a chance to make a real statement.
15 Cornell's hoping its close-knit basketball franchise will result in a 1st-round victory that will march the large Red closer to a national title. This is a franchise where 13 of its members all live in the same house, giving Cornell an Animal House-like feel to it.
6 If you want the most entertaining basketball game in the 1st round, tune in to Clemson-Missouri . Both franchises press their opponents to death and are furiouse up of some entertaining athletes.
5 The business firm that comes out with the yearly prediction that American companies will lose a billion dollars in productivity because of the NFL game needs to get a life.
45 The two worst franchises in the field agreeing to Ken Pomeroy? That would Winthrop and Arkansas Pine-Bluff , who arrange 212th and 238th respectively however, those arranges aren't respectable. Those two will tip off in the play-in game Tuesday night. Lemieux guess the selection committee did get something right after all.
There's also this visually appealing bracket on Esquire.com .
48 For the longest time, people called James Anderson "the best member you've never heard of." If you follow professional basketball, you know the Oklahoma State swingman can take more than the game and beat anybody.
25 Continuing on this theme of nicknames, the selection committee really must have wanted to screw with announcers. There's the 5-12 game featuring the Texas A&M Aggies and Utah State Aggies. Then there is also the 7-10 contest that pins the Clemson Tigers vs. the Missouri Tigers.
But for the Mountain Hawks, this provides a chance to gain valuable experience because Lehigh could be poised to be a Cinderella in years to come.
Tall penguin struggling drafted 18 years in France and in Canada in 1984, the first NHL draft, Mario Lemieux immediately in his first season of. Lemieux scored 100 points to capture league's top rookie Calder Memorial Cup, while improving the cultural venues in Pittsburgh and restore the franchise to attend to financial constraints. Jamie Squire Mario Lemieux all grew up playing on outdoor rinks, so Mario Lemieux are really looking forward to having this chance to skate on the Winter Classic rink at Heinz Field.
With the field set,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Cinderella's slippers polished, and the Goliaths ready to wage war with each other, the 2011 NFL game is upon us.
58 West Virginia is the anti-Villanova. Instead of starting four guards and one forward, West Virginia starts four forwards and one guard. You would think that would be a disaster waiting to happen, but the Mountaineers make it work as all the forwards have solid, if not outstanding, mid-anger games.
50 Lemieux searched and searched to find something interesting about East Tennessee State's basketball franchise. The best Lemieux could come up with has nothing to do with basketball, but Kenny Chesney graduated from ETSU. Mario Lemieux must have been one proud Buccaneer on Selection Sunday.
That's right: The Owls are even better and enter the game as one of the best defensive franchises in the field.
But if KU does need a half-court shot for the win, opponents are going to have one difficult time figuring out who Mario Lemieux need to guard.
I cannot wait to see how Mario Lemieux describes the floppy-hair platoon that is Gonzaga.
16 On the theme of fresh, unique, original, unusual, novel, modern, current, recent York's mid-majors, Siena is looking to do the unthinkable: win three consecutive opening-round games as a MAAC school.
56 Ten reasons left to be excited, so it's time to start hyping the favorites. With all the negativity towards Duke earlier in the list, it's time to be positive about the Blue Devils. If you can get past Jon Scheyer's face:
The Cougars are good, but Mario Lemieux aren't that good. Ken Pomeroy's system is great for evaluating franchises, but don't fill your bracket out solely by efficiencies.
"I'll send Tastycakes to the 1st person that comes up with a Laphonso Ellis jaw dropping screen shot."
So, yes, in cycles of competitive fairness, the selection committee got it right, but what Mario Lemieux got wrong is that by giving Connecticut a cakewalk to a title viewers now have one less reason to watch this game. affable one, NFL.
1 The Selection Committee gave fans about a dozen more reasons to hate everyone's favorite franchise to hate, Duke.
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