Sunday College Hoops: Florida @ Tennessee
January 30, 2010
The Florida Gators are fresh off of a 16 point blowout win against the Georgia Bulldogs. Now they will face a Tennessee Volunteers squad that is suddenly finding it hard to play in the SEC. Tennessee started the season with a 15-2 record before losing 2 straight to Georgia and Vanderbilt. Both of these losses came as over 6 point favorites. Not a good sign for Bruce Pearl and the Vols. They have more than enough weapons offensively to hang with any team in the country, but they have serious issues...
Youth against Experience: Spurs face the Grizzlies
January 29, 2010
The youth of the Memphis Grizzlies will take on the perennial powerhouse San Antonio Spurs Friday night in what will be a competitive game. San Antonio hasn’t been at the top of the NBA hierarchy for several years now, and will now be facing one of the teams that is looking to make their way to the elite level. The Grizzlies are loaded with talent at all positions. Even their center Marc Gasol is having outstanding success in the NBA despite being labeled the “other Gasol”. Mike Conley is a...
Big Ten Match-Up: Wisconsin Badgers @ Purdue Boilermakers
January 28, 2010
Two of the 4 Big Ten ranked teams will go head to head Thursday night in a game that is critical to each teams chance of retaining a high seed in the Conference tournament. The 16th ranked Wisconsin Badgers go to Purdue to take on the 12 ranked Boilermakers. Both of these squads are on a 2 game winning streak following tough road losses to Big Ten opponents. The Boilermakers have an impressive resume’ that includes wins over Tennessee, Wake Forest, Alabama, W. Virginia, Minnesota and a feisty Michigan...
NCAAB SEC Showdown: Tennessee Volunteers vs. Vanderbilt Commodores
January 27, 2010
The 14th ranked Tennessee Volunteers will take on the 23rd ranked Vanderbilt Commodores Wednesday night in what may be a preview of the SEC Championship game. Vandy is riding a 9 game winning streak into this one after back to back losses to Illinois and W. Kentucky back in the middle of December. The Vols however, are coming off of a tough loss to a feisty Georgia squad on Saturday. On paper this looks to be as even of a match-up as you will find. Both teams average around 79 points per game and...
NCAAB Big-12 Showdown: Kansas St Wildcats vs. Baylor Bears
January 26, 2010
The Kansas St Wildcats will try to get back on track after a tough loss to Oklahoma St last Saturday. Unfortunately for them, they will be facing a very good Baylor Bears squad that has started 15-3, and hopes to crack the top-25 by weeks end. A win in this spot would more than likely get them there. Kansas St had been on a tear leading up to their loss to the Cowboys. Beating number 1 Texas last week confirmed that this team is a legitimate top 10 team, but they must have bought into the hype when...
ACC Battle: Duke vs. Clemson Re-Match
January 23, 2010
The Duke Blue Devils will have some work to do if they want to sweep their season series against the Clemson Tigers Saturday evening. Duke dismantled the Tigers back on January 3rd as they rolled to a convincing 21 point blowout. However, the Blue Devils have struggled on the road since that game, losing both at Georgia Tech (71-67), and Wednesday to an average N. Carolina St team (88-74), The Clemson back-court of Demontez Stitt and Tanner Smith have been the strength of this Tigers attack. They...
NBA Christmas Day Re-Match: Cavaliers vs. Lakers
January 22, 2010
The Los Angeles Lakers try to redeem themselves from the embarrassing 102-87 lose at home to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Christmas Day. Cleveland made it look easy that night as they shot over 54 percent from the floor, including almost 40 % from 3 point land. This time around things are a little different. Mo Williams has been diagnosed with a sprained left shoulder that will cause him to miss at least a month. This takes away the deep threat, and will force LeBron James to do more offensively. This...
NFC Championship Preview: New Orleans Saints v. Minnesota Vikings
January 21, 2010
The 2 most productive offensive teams in the conference will square off in what promises to be an exciting NFC Championship game. The Minnesota Vikings and the New Orleans Saints were clearly ahead of the pack in this Conference, and they will now play to determine which is number 1. Both squads ran away with their divisional round games in surprising fashion, each winning by 31 points. Brett Favre and Minnesota Vikings made quick work of the streaking Dallas Cowboys in their NFC Divisional showdown...
AFC Championship Preview: Indianapolis Colts v. New York Jets
January 19, 2010
You couldn’t write a better script for the AFC Championship game. Just four weeks ago the New York Jets played the Indianapolis Colts in what was basically an elimination game. The Colts has something to play for as well…….perfection! The Colts management and coaching staff decided that resting their players over the last 2 weeks was more important that having an undefeated season. After getting out to a 15-10 lead early in the 3rd quarter, Indy sat all of their key starters on both offense...
NBA Mid-Season Report: Best and Worst
January 18, 2010
Now that we’re at the mid-season point of the 2009-10 NBA schedule, let’s take a look at the best and worst teams thus far. Starting with the worst teams in league, it is natural to mention the New Jersey Nets. When a team begins the season losing an NBA record 18 straight, you have to wonder if there is a lack of communication between the players and the coaching staff. Nets management was apparently wondering the same thing as they fired HC Lawrence Frank only 17 games into the year. General...