Bracketing by Michael Ermitage Bracketing Things haven’t changed much in Chicago since January. The weather is still awful, the Bulls are still terrible and the Cubs are still in first place. It was in January when I revealed my double-secret plan of winning every tournament pool I enter. Basically, watch […]
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Southern Conference First Round
Southern Conference First Round by Michael Ermitage No. 4N Western Carolina vs. No. 5S Georgia Southern The 2003 Mountain Dew Southern Conference Basketball Championships kicked off with Georgia Southern holding off Western Carolina, 89-81. Julius Jenkins scored a team-high 20 points Wednesday to lead Georgia Southern in the first round. […]
Down with “Championship Week”
Few true champs in Championship Week by Michael Ermitage ESPN is a marketing genius. Einsteins of their craft. The network has taken every potential angle in college basketball and turned it into an event. You have the Big Ten/ACC Challenge, the Bracket Buster, Rivalry Week, Judgment Week (Judgment Week?), the […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, March 5th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage Trouble just seems to follow Jim Harrick. First at UCLA, then at Rhode Island and now at Georgia. If the guy was a cartoon character, he’d have one of those dark rain clouds following him around everywhere. The latest […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 26th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage The race for the top four seeds in the NCAA tournament is officially on. With Arizona and Kentucky cruising, it seems that there are still two spots open for top seeds. A certain candidate is Florida. The Gators, who […]
Statistics Have Their Place
Tai’d up in Stats by Michael Ermitage Every once in awhile some studious young lad will try and apply statistic to sport. It seems like a natural marriage, doesn’t it? Since we keep stats for nearly every action in almost every sport, why shouldn’t we be able to add those […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 19th, 2003, 2003 by Michael Ermitage What is wrong with Alabama? The Crimson Tide have taken a serious nosedive. The once-dominant club is now in danger of missing the NCAA tournament. It would be a first for a team previously raked atop the AP […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 12th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage I voted for Louisville as the top team in the Hoopville Top 25 poll this week. Why? Why not? The Cardinals are the only team in the nation with just one loss. They routinely clobber weaker teams in Conference […]
No Love for Purdue
Profiling Purdue – No Love for the Boilermakers by Michael Ermitage There is nothing cute about Purdue University. Not its mascot, which is a train complete with an ear-ringing whistle. Not its most recognizable cheerleader – an imposing square-jawed fellow with a hammer. Not its campus – a bold dedication […]
Morning Dish
The Morning Dish – Wednesday, February 5th, 2003 by Michael Ermitage And down goes another top team. Just one day after Florida reached the top of the Hoopville poll, it was thoroughly thrashed by 7th-ranked Kentucky, 70-55. It turns out that the only players mentally prepared to play a road […]
