The whole John Calipari/University of Kentucky thing put me in a very bad position. I was stuck in the middle of John Calipari, a rock and a very hard place.

Contrary to popular opinion, Oklahoma didn’t stand a chance against UNC in their Elite 8 match-up. UNC took the lead immediately and Oklahoma never caught up. Oklahoma was a slew of sloppy defense, poor shots and just bad basketball. UNC dominated and swarmed on defense–everywhere you looked, there seemed to be a white and blue [...]

Here is just a quick glance at the four teams headed to Detroit for the Final Four next weekend. Over the week I’ll be doing more in depth analysis of each team. But here are the basic stats, facts and my quick pick. ———————————————– #2 Michigan State (26–6) Big 12 Location: East Lansing, MI Mascot: [...]

Michigan State came out hard and the Spartans never stopped fighting. In a dazzling performance that shocked even Mich State fans, they shut down Rick Pitino’s #1 seeded team Lousiville and provided one of the best upsets in the tournament. Lousiville, who scored over a 100 points during Friday’s match-up against Arizona—and who averaged 74 [...]

The last time UNC and Oklahoma met in the tourney was in 1990 and UNC won with a buzzer beater. This year the story isn’t just about the rematch, it’s about the match-up of the two biggest names in college basketball: Oklahoma’s Blake Griffin and UNC’s Tyler Hansbrough. Whether you love them, hate them or [...]

First, I apologize for the delay in writing my Elite 8 piece. I was a tad, um, incapacitated after the Kansas-Michigan State game Friday night. My boys lost (or so I am told. I have found it much easier to just black-out the final two minutes of the game and assume they won) and I [...]

Singing: “Hot Boys, Baby you’ve got, what I want….” Welcome back to My Super Sweet 16, the hotties of the tournament! Yesterday I gave you my first eight picks and now it’s time for part II. Study up because tonight’s games will definitely be filled with these players and you need to be prepared! The [...]

America, you voted….er…the teams played, and I’m sorry, but the bottom four are Purdue, Memphis, Xavier and Duke. I’ll go into more details in the morning but I wanted you to have a quick update! These are the first four teams who advance to the Elite 8, by next round matchups! I’ll be adding my [...]

Once a year, usually around the first week of March, this amazing phenomenon occurs. Some call it March Madness but to me, it’s so much more than that. It’s actually quite similar to what happens during those late, crazy hours at the bar when you are just so attracted to a member of the opposite [...]

The NCAA Basketball tournament is well underway. The first weekend tipped off with a flurry of buzzer beaters, overtimes—double OTs—and anxiety producing excitement! There were little teams like Cleveland State that brought down their big powerhouses like Wake Forest. And teams like Siena that gave the big boys a big scare. In other words, the [...]