Mar 18, 2003 | Andy
NCAA President Myles Brand is trying to decide if he should postpone men’s NCAA Tournament games this weekend due to the war, scheduled to start Wednesday night at 7 p.m. on NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, MSNBC, Fox News, etc. I’d like to take this moment to make a...
Mar 16, 2003 | Andy
I can?t be like Andy and just start picking games without first hesitating to slap Arizona?s A.D. Jim Livengood. As chairman of this year?s tournament selection committee, he might have overseen the worst tournament bracket ever? I?m not exaggerating. And if you...
Mar 16, 2003 | Andy
For the first time in my life, my two favorite college basketball teams landed in the top ten at the same time. While one faded and one surged towards the finish, both managed to get screwed. And, thanks to the selection committee, I’m guaranteed that only one...
Mar 14, 2003 | Andy
A few things about taking the next two Fridays off: 1) The sight of the Badgers taking it up the hiney this morning while I drank my breakfast was a beauty. I still hate Jim O’Brien, but I could pretend otherwise for two hours. 2) The Cubs and Sox are on Fox...
Mar 14, 2003 | Andy
Like I said earlier in the week, you just can?t get too excited one way or the other about these conference tourneys—especially as they relate to a team?s chances in the Big Dance. Less than 24 hours after calling the Pac-10 tourney asinine, Lute Olson?s...
Mar 13, 2003 | Andy
Sometimes you just have to kick back and say, as a guy I played basketball with in high school would, “How ironical.” Yours truly was quoted in a major newspaper this morning, and the Irony Police were out in full force. From the Wizard of Roz’s...
