As conference play aroundthe country kicks off, there are intriguing story lines all around the nation. This is when the pretenders will be exposed and tournament resumes will be built.
THE GOOD
Dayton (11-1) appears to be atoning for its collapse last season. The Flyers have beaten Marquette and their only loss was at Creighton.
North Carolina, Duke, [...]
Entries from December 2008
December 28, 2008
Conference Play Begins
December 4, 2008
UNC routs MSU
Well, i can say I told you so in reference to Michigan State being highly overrated(http://bracketman.wordpress.com/2008/12/03/duke-rolls-hazell-scores-32/). The Spartans never established any flow and North Carolina never looked back on their way to a 35 point destruction. The top two teams in the Big Ten were throughly dismantled by the two top teams from the ACC, which should [...]
December 3, 2008
Melvyn Oliver cleared
Anthony Fucilli of MSG is reporting that Melvyn Oliver has been cleared to play for Seton Hall. “Big Mel” as he is affectionately called brings an immediate presence to the Big East for the Pirates, coming in at 6′11′ and 330 pounds. Oliver was the 2nd rated fifth year player in the nation and starred [...]
December 3, 2008
Duke Rolls; Hazell scores 32
The big story of the night has to be Dukes 16 point win at Purdue. I’ll give the Blue Devils some serious credit for being that impressive, but feel the Big 10 is very overrated. Is Purdue a top 10 team? I really don’t think so. The Big 10 as a whole is lacking, I [...]
December 2, 2008
Surprises & Disappointments
After a week off from the blog because of many things, I’m back with my surprises and disappointments in this early season.
Surprises:
Dayton(6-0) is back at it after their collapse last season. The Flyers own wins over Mercer, Auburn and Marquette.
Xavier(6-0) has picked up where Burrell and mighty mite Lavender left off with the trio off [...]
