Excuse the corny title of this blog, but who saw this coming?  If there is one person out there that had Cornell advancing this far, homer is not even the word you would use for that person.  The book above is about the Patriot League.  While most big time athletes and small time guys have [...]

I don’t want to jump on the same old ra-ra story, but whenever the 1 seed falls it is a big deal.  I thought Kansas would basically overmatch the NIU kids, but I failed to understand my own logic. Hype is a machine that creates stars not ball players.  Ball players are made from dedication [...]

I don’t know if you want to place your bids according to me but if you went with me on the upsets I helped you out some didn’t I.  Anyway, another day in the books and here are my Saturday picks: Villanova gets serious and does not allow St. Mary’s to make me more correct [...]

Yesterday was one of the best hoop days in history.  I don’t know if today is going to be the same but here it goes. 12:15 pm Morgan St. #15 West Virginia #2 WVU wins     // 12:25 pm Minnesota #11 Xavier #6 Minnesota wins     // 12:30 pm Cornell #12 Temple #5 [...]

This is not a long winded post.  Just some food for thought: NCAA: Marquette out, Notre Dame out, Villanova, damn near out. NIT: St. John’s out, Seton Hall out, South Florida out. For what many people call the best conference in the country, their showings in the post season so far have been kinda lackluster.  [...]