seeding Stories - Burnt Orange Nation
On Louisville's NCAA Tournament Seed
This won't be a popular opinion but Louisville deserved a 4-seed this year. Could there be a case for Louisville to swap seeds with Purdue or a Brandon Davies-less BYU team? Maybe. But, while Louisville owns winning head-to-head records against 3-seeds UConn and Syracuse, that aspect plays a minor...
The Road to El Paso: Conference USA Game Night Open Thread
Here is your C-USA Game Night Open Thread. The stakes have never been higher for UTEP fans as the dust will finally settle on the C-USA Regular season tonight in Birmingham. UTEP's three point win at Moody Coliseum today guarantees that the Miners can finish no worse than tied for second in the...
Four teams dancing from the Mountain West
I guess it's that time to live vicariously through another program? Well pick your team. Will it be from the Mountain West? Another non-Power program? Or are you hoppin' on the Syracuse bandwagon? For this conference, it will have its best showing ever. Four teams and all with fairly decent seeds....
Time of the Season: Washington at Tampa Bay preview
The Lightning host the playoffs-bound, Stanley-Cup-contending Washington Capitals in the Finale of the St. Pete Times Forum for the 2008-09 season... And it's not going to be pretty, even if the Capitals decide not to show up. Defenseman Matt Lashoff and forward Mike Pettinger are among the...
Live-blogging Selection Sunday
3:46 pm: I really don't think Michigan deserves a spot in the NCAA Tournament. Their coach, John Beilein, said they did everything they could, but they didn't. I mean, they finished 9-9 in the Big Ten. Is that really doing everything you can? Give me San Diego State over Michigan. 3:54 pm: I...
Talking Seed: What Seed Will Kansas Draw on Selection Sunday?
Coming into the season, I think most Kansas fans would have been happy with just an apperance in the NCAA Tournament. However, after a rough start, the Jayhawks continued to get better, and the expectations rose. After pulling home a Big 12 regular season title, at 14-2, there was some scuttlebutt...
OU's Tournament Stock Falling Rapidly
Many people are hitting the panic button. Are they justified? Normally I'm not an alarmist, but I have to admit, even I am hitting the panic button right now. It's hard not to; OU's slide has been hard and fast. Meanwhile, the national media and casual fans are jumping off the bandwagon faster...
Morning Coffee Is Jumping The Gun
Unclear what my posting schedule might be tomorrow, so I'm posting now while I can.Beware revisionist history. Barking Carnival's Scipio Tex has an outstanding essay on sports, journalism, and history, using the media's portrayal of Muhammad Ali to warn readers of the agendas which drive how sports...
Morning Coffee Gets Greedy For A Day
Andy Katz's team of the week? Your Texas Longhorns. Take it away, sir: Texas' win at top-ranked UCLA on Sunday, coupled with the Longhorns' win over Tennessee a week ago, may be the two best wins by any team so far. The Longhorns went on a 17-0 run over 8 minutes, 59 seconds against the Bruins....
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