Posted on 04 April 2011. Tags: Appetite, Big Game, Bulldogs, Connecticut Men, Crowd, Final Four, Guppy, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Lot, NBA, Piranha, Rick Reilly, Sportswriter, Today Show, Uconn, Underdog, Wordsmith, Work Ethic
I wish I could be in Indianapolis for the BIG GAME tonight. i saw the crowd at Hinkle Fieldhouse on the TODAY show – they were great! If you had said the Connecticut MEN’S team would go farther in the the tournament that the WOMEN’S team, I’d have said you’re crazy. But here it is. [...]
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Posted on 02 April 2011. Tags: Boilermakers, Butler Kentucky, Dilemma, Final Four, Foes, Georgetown, Hoyas, Immovable Object, Irresistible Force, Jayhawks, Lifetime Event, Local Team, Molds, Pointers, Purdue, Rams, Southern California, Total Solar Eclipse, Trojans, Vcu
It’s not like I write for SI or something but I will speak briefly on the game tonight. I have already blogged on my dilemma; for a local team to make the Final Four is a once in a lifetime event – like a total solar eclipse! (The last one in Virginia was March 7, [...]
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Posted on 26 March 2011. Tags: American Dream, Brad Stevens, Bulldogs, Butler Bulldogs, Champ Butler, Coach Stevens, Coaching Basketball, Final Four, Games, Head Coach, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Horizon League, Midwest, Sales Job, Six Figure, Team Destiny, Team Of Destiny, Vacation Project, Vcu, Wright State
It was great – Horizon League champ Butler just slugged their way to the Final Four again. No coach has ever taken a mid-major team to the Final Four two years in a row – until Brad Stevens did it!* No they should not beat Kansas/VCU winner but they ought not have defeated Pitt or [...]
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