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By srr50 on March 17th, 2010
Aggie Corp with "Squeeze Army?"
POSERS
Texas Tech forward Darko Cohadarevic doesn't just
Aggie Corp with "Squeeze Army?"
POSERS
Texas Tech forward Darko Cohadarevic doesn't just talk the talk -- he walks the walk.
Tuesday night Tech faced Seton Hall in a first round NIT contest. With the game tied at 10, Seton Hall forward Herb Pope delivered two below-the-belt blows to Cohadarevic.
So I'm listening to Bill Simmons' podcast and he has on
Chad Millman, Vegas Insider. Basically, Chad's job is to interact with the guys who set the line, professional gamblers, sharps, and wise guys. He had some interesting comments about the tournament:
Perhaps as soon as next year. The NCAA has an "opt out" clause in its $6 Billion contract with CBS this summer and they have already asked for a
Request For Proposal from any and all networks interested.
The current contract with CBS is backloaded -- the network owes the NCAA
$2.3 Billion over the next three years. CBS kept the contract last time around by bidding up the rights to all platforms --including video
Basketball:
So Scipio did a great job on
introducing us to our ACC counterpart and robbing me of an easy morning column. A great read though, it sounds like they are in Texas' wheelhouse since it isn't at Wake. You can see the whole bracket
here.
Obviously Kentucky is the 2nd opponent and I don't think there's any way Texas beats them. Mason or Bradley would need to stay on Wall the entire game because
What happens when a stoppable force meets a movable object?
We'll find out on March 18th. Meet
Wake Forest.
One of the two or three best basketball teams in Texas, the UTEP Miners are on CBS now playing against Tom Pender's Houston Cougars. With John Calipari disciple Tony Barbee manning the opposing bench, the coaching mismatch in this game is stark, and eventhough UH is only down three as I type, so is the talent disparity. Other than Baylor this UTEP squad has more talent one through five than any other team
Trips Right's 33 volume
Decline and Fall of Texas Basketball has not only been required post-disaster therapy for the Longhorn basketball fan (what is your hourly rate, anyway?) but also merits combat pay from BC's executive management.But there is one organ left in the vivisection of Rick Barnes that keeps bugging me: his arguably atrocious handling of Avery Bradley.
I
wrote earlier this season about Barnes' (usually useful) infatuation with psychological achievement drive, arguing