Tag Archives: college basketball

Here’s to our favorite “fag”, William Packer

July 15th, 2008 | Posted in college basketball

Congrats on 27 years. Can’t say I’ll miss you - your awful ACC homering and mid-major to small school bashing was beyond childish, but I do appreciate this, your April 2007 (before the Final Four) appearance on “The Charlie Rose Show”.
When asked by Rose if he could come help at the Final Four, Packer said [...]

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No more talky, talky….

July 10th, 2008 | Posted in random

The preset AM buttons on my car go just like this: Sportstalk/Sportstalk/Sportstalk/Sportstalk/News. And the only reason the last one is news is because I need to get the traffic occasionally. That said, I hate sports talk radio.
Why does any host insist that he can fill up three hours without a co host? Is it ego? [...]

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Report: Trent Johnson to LSU?

April 9th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Fox 33 KMSS in Louisiana posted a report on their website at about 11:30 this morning, indicating that Stanford coach Trent Johnson would be packing his bags and heading to Baton Rouge to take over the head basketball position at Louisiana State.
This report comes on the heels of last night’s story out of Amherst, indicating [...]

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Would just ONE quality title game be too much to ask for?

April 7th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

If the trend of this tournament continues, tonight’s Memphis/Kansas game will be a blowout. Of course, if the trend for this decade continues, the game will not only be a blowout, but be utterly bland and boring (and create a winner that’s anything but memorable).
So it’s come to this: Tigers and Jayhawks, we BEG you [...]

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Reflections on the Semifinals

April 6th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

We heard a lot of hyperbole coming into the start of the national semifinals that this would be the BEST FINAL FOUR EVER. A quartet of 1-seeds, a group of teams that had won over 130 combined games, and a boatload of talent for each of the competing squads. The pre-ordained script called for two [...]

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Best Sportscast. Ever.

March 24th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

There are so many things RIGHT with this clip that I’m out of superlatives before we even start. Bravo, Penn Holderness. Bravo.
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And if you’d like some more, here’s his recap of the UNC-Mount St. Mary’s game.

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Merry Basketball-mas! Live-blogging the tourney, Pt 1

March 20th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Alright…life is briefly good again. We’re live from TMC Mission Control. I’ve got some diet 7-Up, about 15 brackets that I’ve filled out, and a grumpy labrador retriever who doesn’t understand what all the fuss is about. MARCH MADNESS!
Live blogging after the jump. Feel free to comment at your leisure.

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TMC NCAA Tournament Preview Podcasts

March 18th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

CAST: Galen Clavio, Sean Bartel, Scott Caulfield, John Koluder
The Meaningful Collateral is happy to present a special seven-part podcast breaking down the NCAA Tournament. Here’s a breakdown of each of the segments:
Segment 1: I talk with Sean Bartel, who is live from the play-in game in Dayton, OH. We discuss the general crowd situation (including [...]

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The Bracket post-mortem

March 17th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Well, it’s all over but the games. It’s always strangely satisfying to get to this point in the college basketball season. After poring over a ridiculous number of games, reading a mindless amount of statistics, and engaging in endless debates with fellow bracketologists, the announcement of the field provides a sense of closure. In past [...]

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Post-Selection Show Podcast - March 16

March 16th, 2008 | Posted in Uncategorized

Cast: Galen Clavio, Scott Caulfield
Topics: The brackets. What else would be talked about? We discuss IU’s seeding, Butler’s seeding, the mild surprises of Oregon and Pittsburgh (for different reasons), and give our early Final Four picks.
Also, just a note from the final TMC bracket below - I successfully picked 33 of 34 at-large teams, and [...]

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