A brief “I told you so”
Glancing at a post from two weeks ago when Becky and I went to the Missouri Valley Conference tournament in St. Louis, I came across this passage: [L]et me briefly bask in the glory of the Bradley...
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Fellow Mid-Majors Say Missouri Valley Suddenly Acting Like It’s Better Than Them: Friends and acquaintances of the Missouri Valley Conference say the conference has started acting as though...
View ArticleThe MVC loses a coach, Part I
Iowa State has hired Northern Iowa’s coach, Greg McDermott, to take over the Cyclones’ top job. I’m calling this post “Part I” because I’m guessing McDermott won’t be the last Missouri Valley coach who...
View ArticleA gripe with the NIT selection committee
So, I must say, the changes made by the NCAA to the format of the NIT this year have really helped bolster the legitimacy of that tournament. Letting in conference champs, seeding the teams, giving the...
View ArticleFarewell, Bradley
Almost lost in the craziness of last night’s games — Duke getting stunned, Texas winning in dramatic fashion, Gonzaga choking in even more dramatic fashion — was an impressive win by Memphis which...
View ArticlePatriots no pushovers
After trailing 14-6 and 20-13, #11-seed George Mason briefly took a 29-28 lead over #1-seed UConn — but then the Huskies went on a 15-2 run and threatened to put the game away. An old-fashioned...
View ArticleAn instant classic in D.C.
Continued from previous post… That buzzer-beater by UConn was every bit as dramatic as Sparks’s game-tying three-pointer for Kentucky against Michigan State in last year’s Elite Eight. Husky fans the...
View ArticleGEORGE MASON WINS!!!
UConn misses the potential game-winning three at the buzzer, and the #11 seed, George Mason — out of the Colonial Athletic Conference — is going to the Final Four!!! They tie LSU ’86 as the lowest seed...
View ArticleThinking about Dickie V
Last night on ESPN’s College GameNight, Dick Vitale — who thinks George Mason is the greatest Cinderella story ever — talked about how he and his wife were “jumping up and down” cheering for the...
View ArticleA new song for Cinderella
Considering that this has been one of the best years ever for NCAA upsets, I figured my 2004 anthem “Glory, Glory, Cinderella!” was due for an update. So I made a few modifications (replacing “Gonzaga”...
View ArticleMore media love for the MVC
First, two teams in the Sweet 16. Now, a student living at Wal-Mart. The Missouri Valley Conference can’t get enough of the spotlight!
View ArticleFlorida 73, George Mason 58
Well, of course Florida won. Mike Tran said they would, therefore it was bound to happen. :)
View ArticleThe new Zags?
The Virginian-Pilot looks at the question of whether George Mason can become “Gonzaga of the East.”
View ArticleAnother banner year for the MVC?
How good is the Missouri Valley Conference in 2006-07? Very good. P.S. According to Jeff Sagarin’s conference computer ratings, the MVC is currently the third-best conference in the country, behind the...
View ArticleMVC 2006: even the bad teams are good
First it was Missouri Valley Conference afterthought Indiana State stunning #14 Butler, the first loss of the season for a Bulldogs team that has beaten Notre Dame, Indiana, Tennessee, Gonzaga and...
View ArticleShockers shocked; will face Trojans next
Previously undefeated and #8-ranked Wichita State of the Missouri Valley Conference was stunned by New Mexico in a Las Vegas Classic semifinal Friday. In the other semifinal, USC lost to Kansas State....
View ArticleWinthrop is for real
After watching Winthrop dismantle a good Missouri State team on its home court, 77-66, let me just say this: If the Eagles get tripped up in the Big South tournament, and they get passed over by the...
View ArticleDay 1 from the MVC Tournament
Well day one is in the books of the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and it was quite the night of games. In game one #9 Drake upset #8 Evansville 101-96 in OT in a high scoring affair. I didn’t...
View ArticleMVC Tournament recap Day 2
Wow, what a long day of hoops. Four games over 10 hours. And you can’t eat or drink anything because you have to take a loan out to do it! In game one, top seed Southern Illinois took care of Drake...
View ArticleMVC Tournament recap Day 3
What an awesome atmosphere for the first semifinal at the MVC tournament. The game was sold out at 22,000 strong and they announced that it was the largest crowd to ever watch a college basketball game...
View ArticleMVC Tournament Recap
Well, what an exciting four days of basketball under the Arch. I saw some awesome games, a blowout or two and the fact that Missouri Valley Conference basketball is VERY popular. The MVC destroyed...
View ArticleMissouri Valley coaching merry-go-round
In a season where the Missouri Valley Conference beat up on each other, the bottom four teams (Illinois State, Indiana State, Evansville and Drake) all fired or forced out their head coaches. I’m going...
View ArticleQuote of the day
“If Billy Packer played in my day, I would bust his ass. It would be a massacre.” —North Carolina’s Reyshawn Terry. Heh.
View ArticleBilly Packer sucks, but is he homophobic?
Billy Packer hater that I am, I’m remiss in not blogging about the latest Packergate controversy. During an interview last Friday with PBS’s Charlie Rose, Packer accused Rose of “fagging out.” Here’s...
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